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![[Knight on horseback - an example of the elaborate ornamentation found in books of calligraphy in the 18th Century]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3MjIvMDEvMDEva25pZ2h0LW9uLWhvcnNlYmFjay1hbi1leGFtcGxlLW9mLXRoZS1lbGFib3JhdGUtb3JuYW1lbnRhdGlvbi1mb3VuZC1pbi1ib29rcy02NDAuanBn/320/454/jpg "[Knight on horseback - an example of the elaborate ornamentation found in books of calligraphy in the 18th Century]")
![[Decoration and calligraphy in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvZGVjb3JhdGlvbi1hbmQtY2FsbGlncmFwaHktaW4tdGhlLWltcGVyaWFsLXRvcGthcGktc2FyYXlpLXBhbGFjZS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Decoration and calligraphy in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)]")
![[Various sketches: four figures and a horse on recto and two partial figures on verso]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1MDMvMDEvMDEvdmFyaW91cy1za2V0Y2hlcy1mb3VyLWZpZ3VyZXMtYW5kLWEtaG9yc2Utb24tcmVjdG8tYW5kLXR3by1wYXJ0aWFsLWZpZ3VyZXMtMS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Various sketches: four figures and a horse on recto and two partial figures on verso]")
![[Design drawing for stained glass window showing pioneers as 19th-century family around Conestoga wagon on prairie]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3Mtd2luZG93LXNob3dpbmctcGlvbmVlcnMtYXMtMTl0aC1jZW50dXJ5LWZhbWlseS02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass window showing pioneers as 19th-century family around Conestoga wagon on prairie]")
![Jena, 1806 [written in pencil] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvamVuYS0xODA2LXdyaXR0ZW4taW4tcGVuY2lsLWMxMWVhYi02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "Jena, 1806 [written in pencil] - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress")
![[Book illustration showing a boat model and cups found during archaeological excavations at Ur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjIvMDEvMDEvYm9vay1pbGx1c3RyYXRpb24tc2hvd2luZy1hLWJvYXQtbW9kZWwtYW5kLWN1cHMtZm91bmQtZHVyaW5nLWFyY2hhZW9sb2dpY2FsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[Book illustration showing a boat model and cups found during archaeological excavations at Ur]")
![Coolidge on horseback, [8/18/23]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjMvMDEvMDEvY29vbGlkZ2Utb24taG9yc2ViYWNrLTgxODIzLTQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Coolidge on horseback, [8/18/23]")
