circa 1800

Engraving

Title: [Notable men]

One engraving of a set of portraits of notable men dated circa 1800. This is a series of twenty portraits aon one page of notable men including; Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Homer, William Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Scott, Irving, Chalmers, Campbell, George Washington, Lafayette, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams.

GLC08878.1875

1 December 1836

Mote, William Henry, 1803-1871

Engraving

Title: Francis North, Earl of Guilford

One engraving of Francis North, Earl of Guilford dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by William Henry Mote.

GLC08878.1642

1 December 1836

Mote, William Henry, 1803-1871

Engraving

Title: Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington

One engraving of Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by William Henry Mote.

GLC08878.1643

1 December 1836

Mote, William Henry, 1803-1871

Engraving

Title: James Scott, Duke of Monmouth

One engraving of James Scott, Duke of Monmouth dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by William Henry Mote.

GLC08878.1644

1 December 1836

Cochran, John, fl. 1821-1865

Engraving

Title: Anne Russell, Countess of Bedford

One engraving of Anne Russell, Countess of Bedford dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by John Cochran.

GLC08878.1645

1 December 1836

Cochran, John, fl. 1821-1865

Engraving

Title: Algernon Sidney

One engraving of Algernon Sidney dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by John Cochran.

GLC08878.1646

1 December 1836

Robinson, Henry, fl. 1827-1872

Engraving

Title: William, Lord Russell

One engraving of William, Lord Russell dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by Henry Robinson.

GLC08878.1647

May 1865

Van Loo, Leon, fl. 1865

Photograph signed

Title: [Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant with aides Adam Badeu & Orville E. Babcock]

One signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated May 1865. Depicts Grant seated in stuffed sedan, center (3 stars) with smoking cigar, flanked by Badeau and Babcock (aide de camp). "1866" written under Grant's signature. Portrait by Leon Van Loo.

GLC10011

1863

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Broadside

Title: Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside]

One broadside entitled Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never. dated 1863. Dramatic oversize recruitment broadside appealing to free African-Americans to enlist for three years. The broadside asks "Are freemen less brave than slaves[?]" Subscribed in type by Douglass and fifty-four other African-American leaders, including William Forten, Rev. William T. Catto, Rev. Stephen Smith, Rev. J.C. Gibbs, and many others. Per David Blight letter, it appeared Spring 1863. (This broadside reprints a Douglass editorial.)

GLC10021

1 February 1836

Ryall, Henry Thomas, 1811-1867

Engraving

Title: Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland

One engraving of Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland dated February 1, 1836. Engraved by Henry Thomas Ryall.

GLC08878.1648

1 December 1836

Robinson, Henry, fl. 1827-1872

Engraving

Title: David Leslie, First Lord Newark

One engraving of David Leslie, First Lord Newark dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by Henry Robinson.

GLC08878.1649

circa 1864

Taylor & Brown

Photograph

Title: Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant

One photograph of Ulysses S. Grant dated circa 1864. Oval photograph with imprint of Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown at bottom. It shows Grant seated in a worn chair, wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant General. Oversize photograph, seated 3/4 length, 3 stars visible on shoulder

GLC10012

1 December 1836

Mote, William Henry, 1803-1871

Engraving

Title: Heneage Finch, Earl of Nottingham

One engraving of Heneage Finch, Earl of Nottingham dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by William Henry Mote.

GLC08878.1650

10 April 1865

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Document signed

Title: General Orders No. 9

One document by Robert E. Lee titled General Orders No. 9 dated April 10, 1865. Large, oversize copy of Lee's farewell to his troops composed the day after his surrender to Grant.

GLC10013

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: View of Harper's Ferry, VA, (from the Potomac side)

One print entitled View of Harper's Ferry, VA. dated 1861. Described by authenticator as hand-colored lithograph. (Possibly chromolithograph with hand-retouching?)

GLC10014

circa 1860

Winterhalter, Franz Xaver, 1805-1873

Engraving

Title: Royal Family of England

One engraving of the Royal Family of England dated circa 1860. Based on the painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

GLC08878.1876

1811

Bridges, William, fl. 1811

Map

Title: This Map of the City of New York...is laid out by the Commissioners...

One map of City of New York produced by William Bridges dated 1811. The "Commissioner's Map" of New York. Oversize engraving in six joined sheets depicting Manhattan island horizontally (north on right, south on left) with the modern street grid structure laid out to approximately 155th street. Portions of the map are handcolored. The surveying was done 1808-1810 by John Randel, Jr., but William Bridges, City Surveyor of New York, took credit for the printed map (his name is printed larger even than those of the Commissioners). In 1811 the city aldermen granted Bridges the right to print this…

GLC10015

circa 1860

Engraving

Title: Translators of the Bible

One engraving of Translators of the Bible dated circa 1860.

GLC08878.1877

1863

Brannon, John M., fl. 1863

Map

Title: Chattanooga and its approaches [military campaign folding map]

One map of Chattanooga and its approaches produced by John M. Brannon dated 1863. Folding map with paper board covers signed by J.M. Brannon on title as Brevet Major. The map shows the Chicamauga [sic] battleground.

GLC10016

circa 1860

Engraving

Title: [Group of men]

One engraving of a group of men dated circa 1860. The group is labeled with the names; Bates, Robert Winter, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Guido Fawkes, Robert Cateby and Thomas Winter.

GLC08878.1878

September 14, 1662

Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Land grant to Christian Pietersen in Bergen, part of New Netherland] [in Dutch],

One Dutch document concerning a land grant to Christian Pietersen in Bergen dated May 4, 1667. Verso has a manuscript (also in Dutch) signed by Christian Pietersen and five others and dated 4 May 1667 from Bergen. The land granted consisted of two lots with a garden and farm house. Written in a compressed Elizabethan secretarial hand in Dutch, with paper seal. Signed by Stuyvesant as governor.

GLC10017

1863

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Print

Title: Gettysburg Battle-field [color lithograph] [panorama of field]

One print entitled Gettysburg Battle-field by John B. Bachelder dated 1863. "Isometrical" panoramic chromolithograph with some hand-coloring showing troops positions and movements over the three days, with (lithographed) endorsement of General Meade, his corps commanders and civilians (town authorities and administrators of the Lutheran Theological Seminary). Bachelder visited the field shortly after the battle and drew a map which he published in the Autumn after the battle. His "Key" to the drawing asked the viewer to imagine himself in a balloon suspended in the air two miles east of…

GLC10018

circa 1810

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815

Sketch

Title: [Watercolor drawing showing conversion of merchant vessels to torpedo ships]

One sketch detailing the conversion of merchant vessels into torpedo ships dated circa 1810. Two paneled drawing showing conversion of merchant vessels into torpedo ships. Each sides contains notes written by Fulton about obtaining and outfitting the ships. In pencil with gray and blue-gray washes. With stamp of New Jersey Historical Society. The ships were planned as part of the east coast defense against British attack. For more information, refer to "Fulton's Torpedo War and Submarine Explosions" (New York, 1810).

GLC10019

1866

Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 1830-1900

Print

Title: The First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation...[engraving after Carpenter]

One engraving depicting the First reading of the Emancipation Proclamation based on the painting by Francis Bicknell CArpenter dated 1866. Steel engraving by A. H. Ritchie after the painting by Francis B. Carpenter. Fully titled "The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet. From the original picture painted at the White House in 1864." Large "premium engraving from 'The Independent.'" The image depicts Lincoln and his cabinet at his first reading of the proclamation, ending slavery in states still in rebellion. From left to right the men are identified (per the…

GLC10020

circa 1860

Sartain, John, 1808-1897

Engraving

Title: The English Reformers and Martyrs

One engraving of The English Reformers and Martyrs dated circa 1860. Based on a painting by John Sartain.

GLC08878.1879