Baltimore (Md.); Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Writing;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Edgar Kemler dated June 11, 1946. Mr. Kemler was then working on his book that would be published in 1950 as The Irreverent Mr. Mencken. Mencken's comment about being "on the chopping block for years" is typical. He...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated November 27 (1859) and written from New York City, Sarah Helen Whitman, once engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, promises to have her publisher, Rudd and Carleton, send Poe's mother-in-law Maria Clemm a copy of her new book "Edgar Poe...
Books. Reviews; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this newspaper review of Sarah Helen Whitman's forthcoming book entitled "Edgar A. Poe and His Critics," published in 1859, the author praises Whitman's restrained defense of Edgar Allan Poe. (Editor's note: In which newspaper this review...
Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912; Letters; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; Memorial rites and ceremonies; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
William Hand Browns' English translation of Stéphane Mallarmé's letter dated April 4, 1876 and written from Paris, France to Sara Sigourney Rice concerning Rice's request for a few lines from Mallarmé to be included in a book entitled Edgar...
Burlesques; Drawing; Rhodes, William Barnes, 1772-1826; Theater programs; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of the Thomas (i.e., William) Barnes Rhodes burlesque drama, Bombastes Furioso. In this illustration, the lavishly dressed Distaffina sits in a chair next to a spinning wheel with her arm...
Engraving, French--17th century; Engraving, Italian--17th century; Illustration of books--France--17th century; Illustration of books--Italian--17th century; Medals--Italy--Sicily--Pictorial works;
Copper engraving of the medals of Palermo by Joannes Angelus Caninus and Sebastianus Fuscarus from the book titled La Sicilia di Filippo Paruta descritta con medaglie, ristampata con aggiunta da Leonardo Agostino published in 1697 by Marc Maier,...
Chromolithography, English--19th century; Color prints, English--19th century; Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century;
Chromolithograph titled Old England: a pictorial museum of national antiquities, vol. I, 1844, printed in color from wood from the book titled Old England: a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities...
Illustration of books--Italian--17th century; Illustration of books--France--17th century; Etching, Italian--17th century; Monks--Pictorial works;
Etching titled Monaci Silvestrini (Monk of Silvestrini) by Odoardo Fialetti from a book titled Histoire de l'institution des ordres religieux, dispersey par tout le monde (History of the institution of religious orders, dispersed into all the...
Illustration of books--Germany--16th century; Illustration of books--Spain--16th century; Livy; Rome--History; Soldiers--Pictorial works; Wood-engraving, German--16th century; Wood-engraving, Spanish--16th century;
Woodcut of Decada I (decade 1), Libro II (book 2), Dela Fundacion de Roma (Foundation of Rome) from the book titled Las quatorze decadas de Tito Livio, historiador de los romanos (The fourteen decades of Livy, historian of the Romans). Tito Livio...
Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--Germany--16th century; Wood-engraving, German--16th century;
Woodcuts of herbs from the book titled Ortus sanitatis : de herbis et plantis, de animalibus et reptilibus, de auibus et volatilibus, de piscibus et natatilibus, de lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, de urinis et earum speciebus, tabula...
Bible. O.T. Kings--Illustrations; Illustration of books--Germany--15th century; Wood-engraving, German--15th century;
Pages with rubrication and a hand-colored woodcut from a chapter or section on the bible (Old Testament) titled Das ander buch der kunig (The other book of kings [?]) published between 1478 and 1479. These pages are the front (recto) and back...
Bible. O.T. Kings--Illustrations; Illustration of books--Germany--15th century; Wood-engraving, German--15th century;
Pages with rubrication and a hand-colored woodcut from a chapter or section on the bible (Old Testament) titled Das dritt buch der kunig (The third book of kings [?]) published between 1478 and 1479. These pages are the front (recto) and back...
Clothing and dress--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Wood-engraving, Italian--16th century;
Colored woodcut titled Vicentina from a book titled De gli habiti antichi, et moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due (Of ancient and modern dress of diverse parts of the world in two books) by Cesare Vecellio. Published in Venice in 1590 by...
Clothing and dress--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Wood-engraving, Italian--16th century;
Colored woodcut titled Primo in Magistrato from a book titled De gli habiti antichi, et moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due (Of ancient and modern dress of diverse parts of the world in two books) by Cesare Vecellio. Published in Venice in...
Birds--Pictorial works; Engraving--18th century; Illustration of books--England--18th century;
Line engraving colored by hand of the eared or horned dob-chick by George Edwards from the book titled A natural history of birds written and published in 1750 by Edwards at the Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London. The book included...
Birds--Pictorial works; Engraving--18th century; Illustration of books--England--18th century;
Line engraving colored by hand of a horned Indian pheasant done in 1749 by George Edwards from the book titled A natural history of birds written and published by Edwards at the Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London in 1750. The book...
Original etching by Leon Louis Dolice inscribed to George Cator, Esquire that features the William Wallace Monument in Druid Hill Park. This statue was given to the city by William Wallace Spence and unveiled on St. Andrew's Day in 1893. It is...
Civil War, 1861-1865; Landscapes--Maryland; Ross, Robert, 1766-1814;
Aquatint engraved by John Hill after the painting by John Shaw and published in 1820 by M. Carey & Sons of Philadelphia in the book Picturesque Views of American Scenery. "The original intention was to issue six numbers, each containing six views,...
Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. after the drawing by Thomas Ruckle that features a view of the old Lovely Lane Church in Baltimore. This print was taken from the book Centenary Pictorial Album by George C. M. Roberts, Baltimore 1866. See also Cator...
Church buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Parsonages;
Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. drawn by Thomas Coke Ruckle that features a view of the old parsonage on Light Street in Baltimore taken from Roberts' book Centenary Pictorial Album. This print is the same as Cator Print 86 except that it is uncolored....
