Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805; Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781; African American boys--Maryland--Talbot County; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, 1863-1930
Black and white photograph of a 1921 color painting entitled "The News of Yorktown" by the renowned American historical painter Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, depicting Tench Tilghman announcing an American victory at the Battle of Yorktown to citizens...
Etching, French--18th century; Illustration of books--France--18th century; Color prints, French--18th century; Sicily (Italy)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800--Pictorial works;
Etching titled Vue générale de la ville et du port de Catane prise sur le bord de la mer (Overview of the city and the port of Catania taken from the edge of the sea) by Pietro Antonio Martini after a drawing by Louis-Jean Desprez under the...
Etching, French--18th century; Illustration of books--France--18th century; Color prints, French--18th century; Salerno (Italy)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800--Pictorial works;
Copper etching titled Vue de la ville de Salerne (View of the city of Salerno), situee au fond du Golphe de ce nom et au pied d’une partie des Montagnes de l'apennin, appellee Monte di Gragnano (located at the bottom of the Gulf of that name and...
Colored photograph taken shortly before the old tavern was torn down in 1871 to make way for the Carrollton Hotel. It stood on Light St. near the intersection with East Baltimore St. Here Washington and staff stopped in September 1781 when on their...
Baltimore County (Md.); Dwellings--Maryland; Frederick County (Md.); Funeral service; Methodist preaching; Strawbridge, Robert, ca. 1732-1781;
Hand colored lithograph drawn by Thomas Coke Ruckle and printed by A. Hoen & Co., of Baltimore that features the house where Robert Strawbridge, the father of Methodism, died. This was the home of John Wheeler, near Towson in Baltimore County,...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "An Appeal to the South" and signed by "H.", "A Daughter of Dixie." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War, this broadside calls on Southerners to take up arms and defend themselves against the tyranny...
