Illustration of books--Germany--16th century; Wood-engraving, German; German--15th century; Satire, German; Folly in art;
Woodcuts known as Stroking the fallow stallion (front, recto of page) and The wise men (back, verso of page) by Albrecht Dürer from the book titled Navis Stultifera (also known as Das Narrenschiff in German and Ship of Fools in English), a book...
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...
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832; Pise, Charles Constantine, 1801-1866; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884; Poetry;
This document is Neilson Poe's handwritten English translation of a poem written in Latin by Charles Constantine Pise, published in the Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1827, and dedicated to Charles Carroll of Carrollton on...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Architecture, Domestic--Maryland--Baltimore; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography; Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken sitting at the dinner table in his home at number 1524 Hollins Street while reading the June 18, 1927 edition of the Baltimore Sun newspaper and holding a pint of beer. In the background are a...
Photograph of the interior of Fennell's (misspelled Fennel's on label) Greater Pharmacy located on the corner of Druid Hill Avenue and Biddle Street in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to drugs, this particular store sells items such as cigars and...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Cityscapes--Maryland--Baltimore; Parks; Streets--Maryland--Baltimore; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.); Mount Vernon Place (Baltimore, Md.);
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof is one of an edition limited to 75 impressions. It features the Mount Vernon Place park and surrounding buildings just west of the Washington Monument in Baltimore. The two sculptures in...
Original etching by Anton Schutz. This signed artist's proof is one of an edition limited to 100 impressions before the plate for printing was destroyed. The print features a view of the Baltimore Trust Building immediately after its erection,...
Teltow-Fläming (Germany : Landkreis)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Map of with accompanying table, highly detailed in full original color of the area of the cities of Jüterbog, Dahme, and the county of Baruth, historical towns within the Margraviate of Brandenburg, now located in the Teltow-Fläming district, a...
Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Dorchester County (Md.); Kent County (Md.); Maps; Maryland; Potomac River; Saint Mary's County (Md.);...
Map of Maryland by John Ogilby, dated 1671, that shows ten Maryland counties: Anne Arundel (spelled "Anne-Arundell"), Baltimore (spelled "Baltemore"), Calvert, Cecil (spelled "Caecill"), Charles, Dorchester, Kent, St. Mary's (spelled "St. Maries"),...
Allegany County (Md.); Anne Arundel County (Md.); Baltimore (Md.); Baltimore County (Md.); Calvert County (Md.); Caroline County (Md.); Carroll County (Md.); Cecil County (Md.); Charles County (Md.); Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Delaware;...
Map of Maryland and Delaware and their canals, roads, and distances by Henry S. Tanner, dated 1844, that shows twenty Maryland counties: Allegany, Anne Arundel (spelled "Ann Arundel"), Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles,...
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,...
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...
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...
Engraving--18th century; Illustration of books--France--18th century; Religions--Early works to 1800; India--Religion--Early works to 1800;
Engraving titled Le Bairam ou la Paque des Mahometans [The Bairam or the Passover for Mohammedans] done in 1737 by Jacob Folkema after a drawing by Bernard Picart (misspelled Picard in the first edition) from the book titled Ceremonies et coutumes...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the third revised edition of the broadside entitled "Down Trodden Maryland." Privately printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "N. G. R." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Alcoholism; Bradley, Nellie H.; Broadsides; Children and death; Parkhurst, Mrs. E. A.; Starvation; Temperance;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Drunkard's Lone Child!" from a song written in 1866 by "Stella" (Nellie H. Bradley) with music by "Figaro" (Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst [1836-1918]) and also known as "Father's a Drunkard, and Mother Is Died."...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Down-trodden Maryland" sung to the Charles Dibdin tune "Tom Bowling." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; Ridgely, N. G. (Nicholas Greenberry), 1841-1882; United States--History--Civil...
Document containing the broadside entitled "Down-trodden Maryland" sung to the Charles Dibdin tune "Tom Bowling." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and written by "B." (a pseudonym used by Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely, a Baltimore satirist),...
Document containing the 9th edition (shown top center) of the broadside entitled "Little Sweetheart Come and Kiss Me!" This broadside is from a song written by Arthur W. French with music by W. H. Brockway (1835-1888). The speaker tells his "little...
Bereavement; Broadsides; Children and death; Songs;
Document containing the 5th edition (shown top center) of the broadside entitled "Little Footsteps," a 1868 ballad composed by J. A. Barney with lyrics by M. B. Leavitt (not shown). This broadside is a lament on the loss of a small child, the...
