Engraving of the letter A from <n>The Human Alphabet</n> by artist <n>Giuseppe Maria Mitelli</n>, 1683.

Letters F-N from the <n>Mnemonic Alphabet</n> (1482) by <n>Jacobus Publicius</n>, from his treatise on the art of memory.

<n>Springtime</n>, a painting by <n>Charles Jacque</n> from circa 1870.

<n>A Shepherdess and Her Flock</n> (ca. 1880), a painting by Dutch artist <n>Anton Mauve</n>.

Plate 38 from the 1785 text <n>Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer</n>, based on the work of <n>Basil Valentine</n>.

A drawing titled <n>Flyvende engel med en krone mellem hænderne</n>.

<n>Eadweard Muybridge</n>'s chronophotograph "<n>Plate Number 188. Dancing (fancy)</n>" from 1887.

An 18th-century German alphabet from <n>Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre</n>'s <n>Alphabet-album</n> (1843).

A <n>Mnemonic Alphabet</n> from 1482, featured in a book by author <n>Jacobus Publicius</n>.

A 15th-century Italian alphabet from <n>Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre</n>'s <n>Alphabet Album</n> (1843).

<n>The Comical Hotch-Potch, or the Alphabet turn'd Posture-Master</n> (1782), published by <n>Carington Bowles</n>.

Surrealist photograph <n>The Years Lie in Wait for You</n> (1936) by artist <n>Dora Maar</n>.

<n>Alphabet</n> (1482) by artist <n>Giovannino de Grassi</n>. Photo by <n>Nicola Ginzler</n>.

<n>View over Hallingdal</n> (1844), a painting by Norwegian artist <n>Johan Christian Dahl</n>.

<n>Selbstporträt (Self-portrait)</n>, a 1928 photograph by <n>Florence Henri</n>.

<n>A Tivoli</n> (1794), an etching by <n>Johann Christian Reinhart</n>.

Photograph of the <n>Acropolis</n> in Athens by <n>James Robertson</n>, 1853–54.

<n>The Moon</n>, c. 1857–60, by photographer <n>John Adams Whipple</n>.

<n>Enid</n> (1874) by <n>Julia Margaret Cameron</n>, illustrating <n>Alfred, Lord Tennyson</n>'s <n>Idylls of the King</n>.

<n>River Scene</n> (1854) by <n>Asher Brown Durand</n>.

<n>Roman Campagna</n> (1850) by artist <n>Paul Jean Clays</n>.

<n>Eight Insects</n>, an etching by <n>Wenceslaus Hollar</n> from 1646.

Tragedie (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)

Woodcuts from the <n>Mnemonic Alphabet of Jacobus Publicius</n>, from his 1482 book *Ars memorativa*.

<n>Mountainous Landscape at Tivoli</n>, ca. 1790, by <n>Simon Denis</n>.