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...
African Americans in art; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Freedmen--Maryland-- Baltimore; Migration, Internal--Maryland--History--19th century
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 25 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of September 30, 1865, depicting the arrival of a group of African American freedmen and their families at Baltimore, Maryland. According to...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Wyatt, James Bosley Noel, 1847-1926; Nolting, William Greaner, 1866-1940
This is the third courthouse built in this location on Monument Square. Two previous buildings were razed in 1805 and 1895, respectively. A competition held for the present building design was won by the team of two prominent Baltimore architects,...
Postcards--Maryland--Baltimore; Courthouses--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore (Md.)--History--Pictorial works; Wyatt, James Bosley Noel, 1847-1926; Nolting, William Greaner, 1866-1940
This is the third courthouse built in this location on Monument Square. Two previous buildings were razed in 1805 and 1895, respectively. A competition held for the present building design was won by the team of two prominent Baltimore architects,...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Civilians in War; Bombing, Aerial;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting a scene after a bombing. The scene appears to take place inside a dark building. Two adults surround the lifeless body of a small child. One adult sits crouched with his (or her?) head buried...
Map of Cornwall in south-western England showing towns, villages and roads with relief shown pictorially. First appeared in the 1695 edition of William Camden's Britannia, revised and translated from the original Latin by Edmund Gibson. Britannia...
Crowds in art; Visits of state--Maryland--Baltimore; African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore; Carriages and carts--Maryland--Baltimore; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Travel; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Photograph of an illustration depicting a Baltimore street crowded with people waiting to see President Abraham Lincoln. Although not provided on the back of the photograph, the date is most likely April 18, 1864, when Lincoln visited Baltimore to...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Divorce; Courts;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a courtroom scene depicting a man and woman getting divorced. On the left, the a heavyset woman wearing a dress and bonnet wipes tears from her eyes with a handkerchief. She holds an umbrella or parasol in the...
Illustration of books--Germany--15th century; Wood-engraving, German--15th century; Clergy--Pictorial works; Peter, the Apostle, Saint--Pictorial works;
Woodcut depicting women giving money to a member of the clergy. St. Peter, holding a key, stands to the right of the clergyman. This woodcut is from a cropped page from the book titled Spiegel des menschlichen Lebens (Mirror of life) written by...
Map of Kent in southern England showing towns, villages and roads with relief shown pictorially. First appeared in the 1695 edition of Camden's Britannia, revised and translated from the original Latin by Edmund Gibson that included fifty maps,...
Coon hunting--Maryland; African Americans in art; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper--Illustrations; Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880; Women hunters--Maryland
Photograph of an illustration that appeared on page 204 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1855-1922) of May 17, 1884, showing ladies on a coon hunt in Maryland. Frank Leslie (1821-1880) (real name, Henry Carter) shortened the time it took to...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); March (Month); Winds; Weather;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting a woman caught in a gust of wind. With one hand, she holds a hat to the top of her head. The other hand clutches downward at her skirt as it billows upward in the wind. In the background a man stands...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Indians of North America--Maryland;
Pen and ink and crayon drawing by Aaron Sopher of Native Americans in Maryland. The drawing is composed of four scenes depicting Native Americans engaged in various activities: hunting with a bow and arrow (far left); working in the fields with...
Caricatures and cartoons; Etching; Lane, James Henry, 1814-1866;
Etching by Adalbert Volck depicting General James H. Lane as Mephistopheles, the devil (or a friend of the devil). Why Volck chose to ridicule Lane, a Senator from Kansas, a state admitted to the Union during the Civil War, in this way is unclear....
Literature in art--Maryland--Baltimore; Mural painting and decoration, American--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Works Progress Administration of Maryland
Photograph of a three-panel mural depicting the evolution of literature and the written word from the Stone Age to the present day, located in Patterson Park in Baltimore, Maryland. This mural was created through the auspices of the Division of...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Cemeteries;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher of a graveyard. Several of the headstones are off-kilter, giving the graveyard a somewhat dilapidated appearance. One of the headstones that stands askew is a tall, obelisk with a rounded, decorative top. Several...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Streets--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a street scene in Baltimore depicting several buildings and people. The scene appears to take place at night, as the image is dark except for in areas illuminated by street lamps or the light from...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; Street-railroads--Baltimore--Maryland; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting three people riding a streetcar. A woman sits on the left, a man in the middle, and a man on the right. All three appear to be reading newspapers. Above the three figures is an advertisement for Arrow...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.);
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher depicting a man and a woman seated at a table. Both have cups and saucers in front of them. A loaf of bread and a bread knife is also on the table. Titled, signed, and dated by the artist in the bottom...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Yacht clubs--Maryland--Baltimore;
Pen and ink and wash drawing by Aaron Sopher of a view from the Maryland Yacht Club in Baltimore. The view looks out over the water, where a few small boats are anchored in the distance. On the opposite shore are mostly several factories and...
