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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[Sketches of buffalo]
Graphite; tracing paper mounted to thick wove paper fragment with corner of printed image on back.
GLC06343.090
[Angel offering peace between a victorious warrior and defeated warrior]
Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.094
[Goateed man holding book to chest]
Black ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.101
[Woman with large bird]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.104
[Two female figures, one in water]
Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.
GLC06343.110
7 May 1837
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Mary Owens
To the woman he almost married: "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented." Owens rejected Lincoln's marriage proposal in 1837, the second of the three...
GLC08085
[Standing male holding musket]
GLC06343.116
[Five sculpture designs: man and woman embracing, 2 soldiers, figure with arm raised, two figures facing each other]
Graphite; thin wove paper, many creases and wrinkles.
GLC06343.120
[Figures around old bearded man in coffin]
GLC06343.124
[Lotus blossoms]
Watercolor, graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.130
[Sketches of heads [both sides], some with Japanese top-knot hairstyles]
Graphite; embossed "W"; textured wove paper with watermark.
GLC06343.136
[Japanese banner and calligraphy characters "Great Niphon"]
Graphite, embossed "W"; textured wove paper, watermark.
GLC06343.142
[Martial decorative borders with shield, cannons, "Pluribus Unum"]
Reverse side, with decorative helmet. Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.146
[Decorative sword scabbard with armored knight at top]
Small mounted knights and angelic warriors. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.152
[Man wearing hat and petticoat, sword hilt, leg]
Reverse side, two scenes with nude women and children. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.161
[Partial floral border]
Graphite, iron gall ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.166
[Sconce or chandelier design]
GLC06343.171
[Decorative pipe design with (Burmese) lion/dragon's head]
GLC06343.175
[Six pitcher designs]
Graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.180
[Stanchion]
Black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.183
[Acanthus leaf (pipe design?)]
GLC06343.188
[Five sketches of busts resting on crafted stands]
Pale graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.199
circa 1860
Archer, Edward R., fl. 1830-1917
[Copy book]
Green marbled boards, black leather corners and spine, pocket inside front cover containing "Metal Tablet" and "Pasteboard Guard", also includes a pen loop, advertisements on front pastedown, instructions in English and French on rear pastedown, and...
GLC01896.160
April 21, 1859
Kagi, John, fl. 1859
[Photograph of couple]
Collateral photo accompanied with autograph letter signed (See GLC07235.01).
GLC07235.02
29 April 1851
Pennington, J.W.C., fl. 1851
[Runaway slave]
A runaway slave in his own right, Pennington, while avoiding arrest in Liverpool, England, comments on the situation here in American and a fugitive slave case: "...My constant trouble of mind is the evils now pressing on my nation and people. What...
GLC09088
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