circa 1840

Engraving

Title: Engraving of John Adams

One engraving of John Adams dated circa 1840. Standing portrait of Adams.

GLC08878.2037

circa 1880

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of an engraving of George Washington

One photograph of an engraving of George Washington dated circa 1880. Profile portrait of Washington.

GLC08878.2042

circa 1880

Wellmore, Edward, 1808-1883

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

One engraving of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney dated circa 1880. Half portrait of Pinckney based on the miniature by Edward Greene Malbone.

GLC08878.2060

circa 1800

Scheffer, Ary, 1795-1858

Engraving

Title: Battle of Tolbiacum

One engraving of the Battle of Tolbiac dated circa 1800. Features a scene from the battle between the Franks and the Alamanni. Based on the painting by Ary Scheffer.

GLC08878.1857

circa 1860

Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815

Engraving

Title: The Death of the Earl of Chatham

One engraving of The Death of the Earl of Chatham dated circa 1860. Based on the painting by John Singleton Copley.

GLC08878.1868

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

circa 1860

Engraving

Title: [Five composers]

One engraving of five composer portraits dated circa 1860. Features five portraits of men, below each portrait is a name. The men included are Samuel Arnold, Thomas Augustine Arne, George Frideric Handel, Henry Rowley Bishop, and Henry Purcell.

GLC08878.1883

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

1853

Leutze, Emanuel, 1816-1868

Print

Title: Washington crossing the Delaware

One print entitled Washington crossing the Delaware dated 1853. Engraved by Paul Girardet after the painting by Emanuel Leutze. Printed at New York by Goupil & Co. (Copyright by M. Knaedler.)

GLC10039

circa 1865

Reynolds, Joshua, 1723-1792

Engraving

Title: Engraving of unknown man

One engraving of an unknown man dated circa 1865. Bust portrait of a man based on a painting by Joshua Reynolds.

GLC08878.1936

circa 1865

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

Engraving

Title: Moll Pitcher

One engraving entitled Moll Pitcher dated circa 1865. Features a woman loading a cannon. Behind the cannon are soldiers and another solder lays at her feet. Based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC08878.1973

circa 1865

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

Engraving

Title: The Struggle on Concord Bridge

One engraving entitled The Struggle on Concord Bridge dated circa 1865. Features a group of men on a bridge with guns chasing another group off the bridge. Based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC08878.1974

circa 1865

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

Engraving

Title: Death of Major Ferguson at Kings Mountain

One engraving entitled Death of Major Ferguson at Kings Mountain dated circa 1865. Features a battle scene in which the central figure is being thrown from his horse. Based on the painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC08878.1975

circa 1865

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

Engraving

Title: Battle of Harlem

One engraving entitled Battle of Harlem dated circa 1865. Features a battle scene with two lines of men shooting at each other. Based on the painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC08878.1976

circa 1820

Stuart, Gilbert Charles, 1755-1828

Engraving

Title: Engraving of John Adams

One engraving of John Adams dated circa 1820. Bust portrait of Adams based on the painting by Gilbert Charles Stuart.

GLC08878.1977

circa 1820

Engraving

Title: Engraving of John Adams

One engraving of John Adams dated circa 1820. Bust portrait of Adams.

GLC08878.1978

circa 1910

Engraving

Title: Engraving of John Adams

One engraving of John Adams dated circa 1910. Bust portrait of Adams.

GLC08878.1979

circa 1890

Engraving

Title: Houses of John Adams and John Quincy Adams

One engraving entitled Houses of John Adams and John Quincy Adams dated circa 1890. Features two yellow houses and some yard around them.

GLC08878.1980

circa 1860

Cochran, John, fl. 1821-1865

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke

One engraving of Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke dated circa 1860. Half portrait of Grenville based on the painting by Edmund Lodge.

GLC08878.1481

1838

Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784

Engraving

Title: Engraving of John Stuart, Third Earl of Bute

One engraving of John Stuart, Third Earl of Bute dated 1838. Half portrait of Stuart based on the painting by Allan Ramsay.

GLC08878.1509

circa 1800

Scheffer, Ary, 1795-1858

Engraving

Title: Battle of Ravennes

One engraving of the Battle of Ravennes dated circa 1800. Based on the painting by Ary Scheffer.

GLC08878.1858

circa 1850

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Thomas Jefferson

One engraving of Thomas Jefferson dated circa 1850. Bust portrait of Jefferson.

GLC08878.1994

circa 1805

Webb, Thomas, fl. 1804-1827

Engraving

Title: Engraving of George Washington

One engraving of George Washington dated circa 1805. Profile portrait of Washington. This engraving depicts an image of the Eccleston medal honoring George Washington's memory.

GLC08878.1299

circa 1805

Hinton, J., fl. 1805

Engraving

Title: Engraving of George Washington

One engraving of George Washington dated circa 1805. Bust portrait of Washington.

GLC08878.1300