1872 Wood Engraving Poinsinet William Makepeace Tackeray Coward French XGCA9 XGGC7 It is one of the

It is one of the oldest hotels in the area and was originally erected in 1847

"The Abbazzia" This is an original 1905 black and white halftone print of an illustration by Joseph Pennell of the Abbazzia in Venice

This is an original 1903 black and white print ad for Simplex piano players that were made and sold by Theodore P

This ad features a testimonial from Mr

a Greek Orthodox monastery in the Judean desert near Bethlehem (formerly part of the British Mandate of Palestine)

1872 Wood Engraving Poinsinet William Makepeace Tackeray Coward French XGCA9 XGGC7 It is one of theThis is an original 1872 black and white wood engraving of a sketch by English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 1863) entitled "Poinsinet in Disguise." Poinsinet was a short, proud, and foolish man. He was so annoying that his friends regularly played cruel tricks on him, such as getting him to believe he killed a man, hiring a magician to make Poinsinet believe he had become invisible (which was a huge hit at parties), and generally making