Colored print; outdoor scene of two young women on opposite sides of a creek, one kneeling on one knee with her other foot in the water. Folding chair and book on ground behind them. Man and child waving excitedly in background, alongside a bull and dog that are confronting each other. Woman peering from a second floor window of house, also in background.
Colored print; market scene with a black man sitting on a bench before two women, one white and holding up a rabbit for examination, the other black and holding a basket of fruit and two fowl. In front of him is a table with fowl that he is selling. Two baskets of fruit are beside him. More fowl and meat are on hooks on the wall behind him. Conversation between the white woman and the man is contained in dialogue bubbles over their heads (see inscriptions).
Colored print; depiction of Columbus landing on San Salvadore Island. He stands on the beach with a flag of Spain in one hand and a raised sword in the other. Beside him is a large crucifix set into the ground. He is surrounded by a group of kneeling and praying men. Two sailing ships are in the right background and a group of Indians approaches in the left background.
Black and white print; bust portraits of the framers and signers of the Declaration of Independence. Each is identified by a facsimille of his signature below the portrait. Inserted drawings of the Liberty Bell, a militia hat, arms and parchment, wreaths, Carpenter's Hall, and "the State House in 1876".
Chromolithographed print; a bust portrait of Noah Webster superimposed on a manuscript page for his dictionary surrounded by various copies of the dictionary. A copy of, "The Elementary Spelling Book by Noah Webster," an ink well, quill pens, and a sander in right foreground.
Colored print. Man is entering bedroom with shoes in hand; woman seated at table with a prayer book in one hand and a watch in the other. The watch reads 3:00. Furnishings include a student lamp on a night table, a nightstand, a Renaissance Revival carved double bed, patterned carpeting and wallpaper. She is long flowing dressing gown over a nightgown and he is wearing a 3 piece suit. There is a small dog in the foreground.
Colored print; bust portraits of Franklin Pierce and William R. King. Each portrait is surrounded by an oval laurel leaf cartouche. The Capitol and the President's House appear in views beneath the portraits. American flags, an eagle, and drapery decorate the space above the portraits.
Colored print of a woman entering bedroom to scene of disarray. Birdcage is lying on its side in the left foreground, a table? is overturned in the center background. A broken vase and cup are on the floor. A parrot splattered with blood is on the floor and surrounded by feathers. A small monkey is on the bed, also splattered with blood and rubbing its eye. There are more feathers and blood on the bed.
Color print; full length portrait of a man in military uniform (Napoleon Bonaparte) mounted on horseback and holding a sword in his right hand. Troops are sketched in the background.
This print was produced by Frederick Gleason (1814-1896). a lithographer and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in September 1814 in Germany, Gleason moved to the United States in October 1836, and began his career as a bookbinder. He became a citizen in June 1840. He is best known for establishing the popular illustrated weekly Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion in 1851, modelled on the Illustrated London News. At the time an innovation in American publishing, it brought him considerable success. After the Pictorial, Gleason published Gleason's Literary Companion from 1860–70; Gleason's Home Circle from 1871–90; and Gleason's Monthly Companion from 1872–87. He was married a second time after his first wife died, and he died November 6, 1896 in Boston.
Black and white print of a train ("The Dewitt Clinton") in silhouette, showing the engine, the tender and the first two passenger cars on its first excursion, August 9, 1831. The cars are filled with passengers whose names are listed in text below the image.
Black and white print; half length portraits of Zachary Taylor and seven other men from his cabinet (See Related People). Some are seated and some are seated. This was based on daguerreotypes taken by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C. April 1849.
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Marquis de Lafayette
Washington, George
Wayne, Anthony
Greene, Nathanael
graphic artist; lithographer
Tholey
publisher
Smith, John
printer
Spohni, G.
ID Number
DL.60.2573
catalog number
60.2573
accession number
228146
Description (Brief)
Colored print of George Washington and five friends with hunting dogs, resting beside their catch: deer, rabbit, quail and duck. Figures and rowboat in background. The other men are identified as Anthony Wayne, the Marquis de Lafayette, Nathaniel Green, Count Casimir Pulaski, and (John?) Lagrange.
A black and white print of a black horse. The muscles, veins, mane, and tail are detailed. A rough sketch of the open country and grass house is in the background.
Black and white print of two women sitting side saddle on horses in front of a store. They are being greeted by a man who is about to help them dismount. Colored vignettes have been pasted on the margins. The print was originally pasted on a sheet of manilla paper with several smaller prints cut out and pasted on the other side and on the front and is is thought to have come from a child's scrapbook.
Color print, two horizontal panels depicting fifteen figures: twelve men, two woman, and one child in fashions from 1850. The upper panel depicts an outdoor scene; the bottom panel depicts an outdoor scene with a man and two women on horseback in the center.
Colored print of fish surrounded by sixty-four fishing flies keyed by number to a caption below the image that identifies them. This is an advertising print for Conroy & Bissett, manufacturers of fine fishing tackle in New York.
Black and white print; outdoor scene of two men, two women and a child frolicking in a clearing between a house and a mill with a water wheel. Man carries child piggyback. There is a lake and mountains in the background.