Historical illustration from the 19th Century, portrait of Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford, 1771 - 1832, a Scottish poet and writer

Historical illustration from the 19th century, from Christmas Carol by Charles John Huffam Dickens or Boz, 1812 - 1870, an English writer

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, portrait of Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford, 1771-1832, Scottish poet and writer

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of John Frederick I, the Magnanimous of Saxony, 1503 - 1554, Wettin, Elector and Duke of Saxony

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of John Oecolampadius or Oekolampad, 1482 - 1531, a Swiss theologian and humanist and reformer of Basel

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, 1809 - 1892, a British poet of the Victorian era

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, Charles John Huffam Dickens or Boz, 1812 - 1870, an English writer, with his wife and sister-in-law

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, depiction of the tortures of the early Christians under Emperor Nero of the Roman Empire in the 1st Century

Historical engraving from the 19th Century, Abbotsford House near Melrose, Southern Scotland, home of Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford, 1771-1832, Scottish poet and writer

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, the manor of Abbotsford House, Melrose, Scotland, by Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford, 1771 - 1832, Scottish poet and writer

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, the study in the manor of Abbotsford House, Melrose, Scotland, by Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford, 1771 - 1832, Scottish poet and writer

Historical drawing from the 19th Century, portrait of John Wycliffe or Wyclif, Wycliff, Wiclef, Wicliffe, or Wickliffe known as Doctor evangelicus, 1330 - 1384, an English philosopher, theologian and church reformer

Historical illustration from the 19th Century, the beheading of John the Baptist in the 1st Century