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Martin Luther's trial at the Diet of Worms

Description: Image of Martin Luther presenting his defense at the Diet of Worms before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the imperial council in Worms, Germany; the Edict of Worms resulted from the Diet, addressing the effects of Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1880-1921
Call number: priJLC_REL_002911
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

The life of Martin Luther and the heroes of the Reformation!

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Image of Martin Luther Luther burning papal bull of excommunication, with elaborate border featuring captioned vignettes from Luther's life and portraits of Jan Hus, Girolamo Savonarola, John Wycliffe, Kaspar Cruciger, Philipp Melanchton, Johann Bugenhagen, King of Sweden Gustav II Adolf, and Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

priJLC_REL_002905

Mr. Robert Downing : in the gladiator

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Image of American actor Robert Downing, in costume with a shield and sword, performing as the Roman gladiator Spartacus and standing in the center arena of a coliseum before the Emperor, with other gladiators approaching and a kneeling woman crying on his arm; the poster advertises the tragedy "The Gladiator."

priJLC_ENT_000228

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Silk-worm and moths

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The Jay T. Last collection of printing and publishing: Louis Prang archive contains over 3,600 items dating from 1858 to 1916, with the bulk of the items spanning from 1860 to 1897. This archive chronicles the business history of Boston lithographer Louis Prang through art prints, advertisements, printed volumes, and promotional ephemera produced by L. Prang & Co. and its successor companies: Prang Educational Company and Taber Prang Art Co. The archive also contains catalogs, certificates, price lists, business records and correspondence, personal letters and photographs, news clippings, and original art considered for lithographic reproduction. The collection provides a resource for studying the business and output of one of the most influential major lithographic firms in the United States in the 19th century. The images provide information about American tastes and culture as well as the evolution of advertising strategies in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the prints offer evidence of developing techniques and trends in printmaking, and of the artists, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.

priJLC_PRG_004386

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : Imre Kiralfy’s Columbus and the discovery of America

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Image of an outdoor scene with explorer Christopher Columbus presenting Native Americans before the throne of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in Barcelona, Spain, with servants, soldiers, onlookers, and buildings in background.

priJLC_ENT_000009

Columbus at the court of Barcelona

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Image of Christopher Columbus presenting treasures, goods, and Native American Indians to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain in a richly appointed throne room surrounded by courtiers and onlookers; print produced for the World's Fair Columbian Exhibition.

priJLC_PRG_002090

Gen. John A. Logan & family

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Image of a group portrait of American Civil War Union General John A. Logan and his wife and adult children; three vignettes across top depict Logan on horseback leading Union soldiers with American flag, Logan on his death bed with mourning wife and visitors in the room, and Logan standing at a podium addressing politicians.

priJLC_MIL_000779

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