circa 1860

Johnson, Wilson, & Co. (publishers), fl. 1872-1878

Printed document

Title: Title page of The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women

One title page for The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women dated circa 1860. Features an engraving of lady liberty holding a laurel.

GLC08878.1892

circa 1860

Johnson, Wilson, & Co. (publishers), fl. 1872-1878

Printed document

Title: Title page of The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women

One title page for The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women dated circa 1860. Features an engraving of lady liberty seated holding a tablet.

GLC08878.1893

circa 1865

Johnson, Wilson, & Co. (publishers), fl. 1872-1878

Printed document

Title: Title page of The War with the South

One title page for The War with the South dated circa 1865. Features an engraving of a sea battle.

GLC08878.1894

circa 1860

Engraving

Title: [Scenes from the bible]

One engraving featuring scenes from the bible dated circa 1860.

GLC08878.1895

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Robert S. Reeden

One engraving of Robert S. Reeden dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of Reeden.

GLC08878.1896

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Charles Perk

One engraving of Charles Perk dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of Perk.

GLC08878.1897

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of unknown man

One engraving of an unknown man dated circa 1865. Three quarter length portrait of a man standing next to a table holding a book.

GLC08878.1898

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of unknown man

One engraving of an unknown man dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of a man in a suit.

GLC08878.1899

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Scene

One engraving of a man possibly blessing another man as he runs by him dated circa 1865. It looks like the subjects are caricatures of a Jesus figure and possibly a devil figure.

GLC08878.1900

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Two men eating

One engraving two men at a table eating dated circa 1865.

GLC08878.1901

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of unknown man

One engraving of an unknown man dated circa 1865. Three quarter length portrait of a man in a military uniform. He is holding the handle of a sword and has a hat with white plumage next to him.

GLC08878.1902

circa 1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of unknown man

One engraving of an unknown man dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of a man in a suit.

GLC08878.1903

1 December 1836

Mote, William Henry, 1803-1871

Engraving

Title: John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale

One engraving of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by William Henry Mote.

GLC08878.1651

1865

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Fall of Richmond, Va. on the night of April 2nd 1865

One print entitled Fall of Richmond from Currier and Ives dated 1865.

GLC10022

1863

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Surrender of Port Hudson, La. July 8th 1863

One print entitled Surrender of Port Hudson from Currier and Ives dated 1863.

GLC10023

1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Com. Farragut's fleet passing forts on the Mississippi

One print entitled Com. Farragut's fleet passing forts on the Mississippi from Currier and Ives dated 1862. One of Currier & Ives's great night-time battle scenes.

GLC10024

1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Destruction of 'Merrimac' off Craney Island

One print entitled Destruction of 'Merrimac' off Craney Island from Currier and Ives dated 1862.

GLC10025

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Bombardment of Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie

One print entitled Bombardment of Fort Sumter from Fort Moultrie from Currier and Ives dated 1861.

GLC10026

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Interior of Fort Sumter during bombardment

One print entitled Interior of Fort Sumter during bombardment from Currier and Ives dated 1861.

GLC10027

1861

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C.

One print entitled Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C. from Currier and Ives dated 1861.

GLC10028

1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Destruction of rebel ram 'Arkansas' by Essex'

One print entitled Destruction of rebel ram 'Arkansas' by Essex' from Currier and Ives dated 1862.

GLC10029

1870

Beard, James Carter, 1837-1913

Print

Title: The fifteenth amendment celebrated May 19th 1870

One print entitled The fifteenth amendment celebrated May 19th 1870, dated 1870. Copyright entered by Thomas Kelly. From an original by James Beard. Lithograph in color with much iconography relating to passage of the Reconstruction amendments and their significance for the freed slaves. The central image shows the parade crossing a green in sight of Baltimore's Washington Monument. A float carrying four young women wearing crowns and sheltered by a canopy, drawn by four white horses, leads the parade. The float is followed by a troop of Zouave drummers, two rows of men in top hats (some…

GLC10030

17 January 1777

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

Map

Title: A sketch of the operations.... [Howe's occupation of New York]

One map entitled A sketch of the operations concerning Howe's occupation of New York dated January 17, 1777. From the Atlantic Neptune. The map depicts New York, roughly from Haverstraw Bay in the north, to Sandy Hook in the South. Land masses are shaded a faded brownish-yellow. Fortifications and troop placements are also shown. This engraving was accompanied by the "Phoenix and the Rose" in the Atlantic Neptune. E.N. Smith, American Naval Broadsides, 4 (state 1); Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 99 which calls this one of the greatest prints in the Atlantic Neptune. Other…

GLC10031

2 May 1778

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

Print

Title: The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enemy's fire ships... on the 16th August

One print entitled The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enemy's fire ships... on the 16th August dated May 2, 1778. Aquatint with original watercolor wash, occupying lower half of sheet, below "References" referring to map of New York. The upper half has a list of lettered references referring to the Map of New York (GLC10031), with which it is conjugate. This copy is the second state, showing (dimly) the Palisades in background. (The first state lacks the Palisades and imprint.) Stokes and Haskell, American Historical Prints (p. 29; B100, state 2) note that this is "one of the very few…

GLC10032

30 September 1828

Broadside

Title: Jackson and a standing army...

One print entitled Jackson and a standing army dated September 30, 1828.

GLC10033