This class includes prints from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first centuries. Many prints are in color while others are black and white.
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Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, a major general in the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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On the Upper Missouri
William De La Montagne Cary and Fishel, Adler, and Schwartz
The etching depicts a Native American village located along the Missouri River. In the scene, a series of trees and teepees are pictured to the left of the river. To the right, one Native American man sits horseback, watching a group of seven horses take water from the river. Clouds, hills, and natural vegetation are pictured in the background. The etching was found inside a picture frame behind another print. It has been cut into two halves. The left side's bottom border and the right side's top border have been cut away.
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The Battle of Bull Run
The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Battle of Bull Run. It is unclear to which Bull Run the image refers. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 102 of the book.
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Charles Henry Davis Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Charles Henry Davis, a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and the text is a short biography of his life and career.
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Josephy King Fenno Mansfield Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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James Shields Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of James Shields, an Irish American Democratic politician and United States Army officer,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Incident at the Siege of Vicksburg (from The Life Stories of Famous Americans)
The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Siege of Vicksburg, the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 92 of the book.
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Stuart's Cavalry Cutting Telegraph Wires (from The Life Stories of Famous Americans)
The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene where James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart's (major general for the Confederate States of America) cavalry cut Union telegraph wires. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 106 of the book.
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Lincoln and His Son "Tad"
Anthony Berger
The portrait depicts Abraham Lincoln and his son, Tad, reading from a book. Lincoln sits wearing glasses on his face while holding a book in his lap. Both Lincoln and Tad focus their gaze toward the book as Lincoln uses his proper right hand to turn a page. This particular object appears to have been removed from a book. Its reverse includes the title to two works, page numbers, and an image entitled Theire Sitting at Meate.
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Sovereigns, No. 4, "La civilization russe."
James Tissot
The chromolithograph depicts Czar Alexander II of Russia seated in religious regalia (presumably Russian Orthodox). Beneath his feet, two small people are being crushed beneath his weight. At the bottom left corner, another small figure sits and waves a flag. At the bottom right corner, a fourth small figure crawls on the ground. The lithograph is accompanied by a small article that gives documentary information about the image. It is written by Jehu Junior, an alias for Thomas Gibson Bowles the founder of Vanity Fair. At this time, the magazine was widely known for its caricatures of people of privilege.
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Theodore Winthrop Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Theodore Winthrop, journalist, novelist, and travel writer,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Edwards Pierrepont Illustration and Biography
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book regarding President Ulysses S. Grant's presidential cabinet/administration). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Edwards Pierrpont, the attorney general during Grant's administration, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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John Adams Dix Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of John Adams Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York, and Union major general during the Civil War,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Samuel P. Heintzelman Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Samuel P. Heintzelman, a United States Army general, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Defense of Fort Sumter (from The Life Stories of Famous Americans)
The print is an illustration from the book The Life Stories of Famous Americans. It depicts a scene from the Battle of Fort Sumter, the site of the first shots of the Civil War. The image is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume. The item's verso contains an excerpt from page 76 of the book.
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Statesmen No. 66. "The ablest statesman in Europe."
James Tissot
The chromolithograph depicts a standing Prince Otto Edward Leopold von Bismarck-Schonhausen of Germany in his military uniform. He rests his proper left hand on a table that is covered with maps and his helmet. The lithograph is accompanied by a photocopy of a short article that originally appeared with the lithograph.
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Caleb Cushing Illustration and Biography
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book regarding President Ulysses S. Grant's presidential administration). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Caleb Cusing, United States Ambassador to Spain during the Grant presidential administration, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. Assassinated April 14, 1865.
William Momberger, John Chester Buttre, and Anthony Berger
Engraved bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln based on a photograph from Brady's National Portrait Gallery taken by Anthony Berger on 9 February 1864. In the portrait, Lincoln is seated with his body turned slightly to his proper left. Surrounding his portrait is a decorative border designed by William Momberger that features several vignette images. This portrait was originally published in 1864, but was rereleased in 1865 to pay tribute to the martyred President.
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Thomas Alexander Scott Illustration and Biography
Atlantic Publishing and Engraving Company
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Thomas Alexander Scott, appointed in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of War during the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Standing Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Gravure Company of America and William F. Cogswell
The print features a standing portrait of Abraham Lincoln. In the portrait, Lincoln stands with his proper right hand resting on a chair back, while his proper left holds a document. The United States Capitol can be seen in the image's background. A facsimile of Lincoln's signature is below the portrait along with a small etching of the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Illinois.
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Death Bed of Abraham Lincoln. Died April 15th 1865.
J. L. Magee
Lithograph depicting Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by his family,cabinet members, and others. The image is surrounded by a black memorial drape.
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Ours the Cross, His the Crown
H. H. Lloyd
Memorial print for Abraham Lincoln depicting either Liberty or Columbia weeping in front of a monument. The monument is draped with an American flag. It also features two figures: at the right a weeping gentleman; at the left a mourning soldier. At the base of the monument, a broken chain is attached.
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Lincoln-Calhoun Composite Portrait
William Pate
This print features a color, full-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln. In the portrait, Lincoln stands next to a table with his proper right hand at his waist while his proper left hand rests on a table. On the table are papers, a quill, and ink. The print is a composite image of Lincoln's head on John C. Calhoun's body and was created by William pate using Alexander Ritchie's 1852 mezzotint engraving of Calhoun and Anthony Berger's 1864 photograph of Lincoln.
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The Last Offer of Reconciliation
Kimmel and Forster and Henry and William Voight
Chromolithograph depicting an idealistic scene where the North and South reconcile after the Civil War. In the image, Abraham Lincoln is shown extending his hand to Jefferson Davis. Gideon Welles and Williams H. Seward are shown standing just behind Lincoln. Behind Davis stands Robert E. Lee, an enslaved person, and two unknown gentlemen. At the image's center, Liberty is seated in a small temple, which is adorned with the names of the U.S. states. Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman are shown adding the names of the seceded states to the temple. In the left-side background (Lincoln's side), a peaceful scene is depicted where a farmer plows his field. To the right (Davis's side), chaos and violence ensues. The border of the image also reflects the difference between the two sides. The left pictures prosperous olive branches and oak sprigs while the right features thorns. Four vignette images are featured at each side of the border: at the top an enslaved person is shown being whipped; at the right two soldiers are shown fighting; at the bottom a farm scene is depicted; and at the left a man is shown fishing.
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The Funeral Of President Lincoln, New York, April 25th 1865 Passing Union Square, Currier & Ives
Currier and Ives
Lithograph depicting Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession that took place in New York. The New York public viewing of Lincoln's body took place on April 24 and 25, 1865. In the image, soldiers are shown walking in the street on foot. Sixteen horses are shown pulling Lincoln's funeral car. Both the horses and car are adorned with black cloth.
