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Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was a German composer of Romantic music, particularly piano and orchestral works, as well as over 250 songs or lieder. He was also a musical critic and founded his own magazine. His wife Clara Schumann...

A still-life painting by Clara Peeters showing typical dishes of 16-17th century CE northern Europe. In the centre is a pie with a container behind it for salt and a typical low, round bread loaf in the foreground...

An 1847 lithograph by Eduard Kaiser of the German composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and his wife, also a composer and concert pianist, Clara Schumann (1819-96).

An 1857 photograph taken by Franz Hanfstaengl of Clara Schumann (1819-96), a piano virtuoso and wife of the composer Robert Schumann (1810-56).

Clara Driscoll, photographic negative on glass, c. 1910-1915. Heiress, businesswoman, writer, and philanthropist, Driscoll (1881-1945) became known as the "Savior of the Alamo" for her efforts in preserving and...

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German composer of Romantic music best known for his symphonies, songs, and orchestral, chamber, and piano music. A great student of the history of music, Brahms was convinced that only by working...

Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist. He was the voice of his generation and one of the most celebrated authors of the late 19th century, writing...

William Wirt (1772-1834), an American author and politician who served as US attorney general from 1817 until 1829. Wirt was also a historian, most famous for his biography of Patrick Henry, which contained a reconstruction of Henry's...

John Henry Eaton (1790-1856), US secretary of war, etching by James Barton Longacre. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, New York Public Library.

Ashurbanipal's collection of Sumerian and Babylonian proverbs formed part of the famous Library of Ashurbanipal (7th century BCE) established at Nineveh for the express purpose of preserving...