1 December 1836

Robinson, Henry, fl. 1827-1872

Engraving

Title: John Graham, Viscount of Dundee

One engraving of John Graham, Viscount of Dundee dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by Henry Robinson.

GLC08878.1639

circa 1860

Jewett & Hemming

Engraving

Title: Interior of the Barrack Battery, Sebastopol

One engraving of Interior of the Barrack Battery, Sebastopol dated circa 1860.

GLC08878.1874

1 December 1836

Robinson, Henry, fl. 1827-1872

Engraving

Title: James Butler, Duke of Ormond

One engraving of James Butler, Duke of Ormond dated December 1, 1836. Engraved by Henry Robinson.

GLC08878.1640

1 November 1836

Ryall, Henry Thomas, 1811-1867

Engraving

Title: Archibald Campbell, Ninth Early of Argyll

One engraving of Archibald Campbell, Ninth Early of Argyll dated November 1, 1836. Engraved by Henry Thomas Ryall.

GLC08878.1641

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