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Illustration from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, John Tenniel, 1865
"Curiouser and curiouser!" is what Alice cries when she suddenly stretches to more than nine feet tall, "like the largest telescope that ever was," in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the drawing, we see Alice's large, startled eyes and open mouth expressing her surprise at her predicament. Read more
Illustration from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, John Tenniel, 1865
"Curiouser and curiouser!" is what Alice cries when she suddenly stretches to more than nine feet tall, "like the largest telescope that ever was," in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the drawing, we see Alice's large, startled eyes and open mouth expressing her surprise at her predicament. Read more
Portrait of Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ca. 1847
Costume design, Gordon Conway, 1920s
Dolphin and Anchor device of Aldine Press, ca. 1490s
Woodcut of initial letter "L" from The Four Gospels, Eric Gill, 1931
Portrait of Lytton Strachey, unidentified artist, not dated
Milk Drop Coronet, Harold Edgerton, 1936
This simple image captures a milk drop as it strikes a thin layer of milk. The photographer, Harold Edgerton, maintained that he was a scientist rather than an artist, but he and his colleagues nonetheless produced many stunning pictures, of which Milk Drop is but one. National Geographic called him "the man who made time stand still." Read more
© Harold Edgerton, 2013
Courtesy of Palm Press, Inc.
Portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire, Pablo Picasso, 1918
Sketch of King Louis-Philippe, William Makepeace Thackeray, 1830s
Portrait of T. E. Lawrence, Wyndham Lewis, 1929
Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange, 1936
This powerful portrait depicts the weariness of a hard existence in poverty. Florence Owens, the migrant mother of the title, crouches in the foreground flanked by two of her children, their faces hidden. One's attention is directed to her eyes, which seem not to be looking at the camera but to be directed outward, perhaps contemplating a very uncertain future with little hope. Read more
Gernsheim collection, Harry Ransom Center.
Portrait of Lillian Hellman, Don Bachardy, 1974
Portraits of D. H. Lawrence, Knud Merrild, ca. 1922–23
Costume design for Serena in Quadrille, Cecil Beaton, 1952
Manuscript score of "Gaudeamus Igitur," Franz Liszt, 1870
Borzoi device for Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., W. A. Dwiggins, 1937
Illustration for Charles Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal, Odilon Redon, 1891
Publicity photograph of Ingrid Bergman, ca. 1945
Portrait of Dylan Thomas, Michael Ayrton, 1947
Poster for Houdini's Giant Milk Can Escape, ca. 1908
Costume design for Il buffone (the fool) in the ballet Chout, Emanuele Luzzati, 1965
Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, Ivan Opffer, 1927
Emanuel Romano, Portrait of Carson McCullers, ca. 1949
This portrait of the American writer Carson McCullers (1917–1967), painted by her friend Emanuel Romano (1897–1984), is one of a series of author portraits painted by Romano in the Harry Ransom Center collections, including pictures of Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, and T. S. Eliot, among many others. Read more
Art Collection, Harry Ransom Center.
Self-portrait, E. E. Cummings, 1938
Title page from William Shakespeare's A Midsommer Nights Dreame, 1619
This image of the title page to William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream reads, "A Midsommer Nights Dreame, As it hath beene sundry times publikely acted, by the Right Honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants." Below the title, the printer and date are identified as James Roberts, 1600—but this is a misrepresentation. Although 1600 was the first date of publication of the play, this image is of the title page of a second edition, printed in 1619 by William Jaggard and Thomas Pavier. Read more
Title page from William Shakespeare's A Midsommer Nights Dreame, 1619
This image of the title page to William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream reads, "A Midsommer Nights Dreame, As it hath beene sundry times publikely acted, by the Right Honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants." Below the title, the printer and date are identified as James Roberts, 1600—but this is a misrepresentation. Although 1600 was the first date of publication of the play, this image is of the title page of a second edition, printed in 1619 by William Jaggard and Thomas Pavier. Read more
Letter by Jean Cocteau to Valentine Hugo with sketch of Stravinsky and Nijinsky, 1922
Tailpiece for The Canterbury Tales, Eric Gill, 1929–31
Portrait of James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, 1920
Illustration from Opera, Girolamo Gigli, early 18th century
Drawing of Tennessee Williams, Al Hirschfeld, ca. 1955–59
Title page drawing for The Marionettes, William Faulkner, 1920
Illuminated letter from Gutenberg Bible, ca. 1455
Two Girls, Jno Trlica, 1930
Typescript of Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, ca. 1948
Etched into the windows of the Ransom Center is this image of one of Arthur Miller's typescripts for the play Death of a Salesman. The excerpt depicted is dialogue between the title character, Willy Loman, and his wife, Linda, in the opening scene of the second act. Read more
Typescript of Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller, ca. 1948
Etched into the windows of the Ransom Center is this image of one of Arthur Miller's typescripts for the play Death of a Salesman. The excerpt depicted is dialogue between the title character, Willy Loman, and his wife, Linda, in the opening scene of the second act. Read more
Oscar Wilde, Napoleon Sarony, 1882
Oscar Wilde, Napoleon Sarony, 1882
Storyboard from Gone With The Wind, 1939
Storyboard from Gone With The Wind, 1939
