Anthropomorphism in art; Engraving, French--19th century; French wit and humor, Pictorial; Illustration of books--France--19th century;
Engraving of people depicted as animals from a painting by J. J. Grandville, published in 1828 in the book titled Les métamorphoses du jour (Daily transformations). In the scene identified as plate XXI (21), a gentleman with a porcupine's head...
Anthropomorphism in art; Engraving, French--19th century; French wit and humor, Pictorial; Illustration of books--France--19th century;
Engraving of people depicted as animals by Noël Eugène Sotain from a painting by J. J. Grandville, published in 1828 in the book titled Les métamorphoses du jour (Daily transformations). In the scene identified as plate XVII (17), a man with...
Broadsides; Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Hicksie." The language used in this broadside is reminiscent of the caricatured dialect ascribed to slaves of the pre-Civil War South. "Hicksie" is Thomas Holliday Hicks, the Governor of Maryland at the...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Bradford, Augustus W. (Augustus Williamson), 1806-1881; Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Flags; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "In Maryland, My Maryland." This broadside, the Union answer to the Confederate poem entitled "Maryland, My Maryland" written by James Ryder Randall, claims Union soldiers are true soldiers just like...
Espionage; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Howard Scott (1902-1983) that shows a man's face with two strips of white tape placed across his mouth in an X pattern and the words "closed for the duration" appearing above his head. Printed below his head are the words that give...
Drawing; Parties; Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketch by Adalbert Volck of the Wednesday Club farewell party for George May, the gentleman seated at the table. From left to right, standing, are Dr. Adalbert Volck (in profile, far left), James Gibson, John McKim, L. Rabillon, an unidentified...
Dinners and dining--Maryland--Baltimore;Classified Municipal Employees Association (Baltimore, Md.);D'Alesandro, Thomas, Jr., 1903-1987;Lord Baltimore Hotel (Baltimore, Md.)
Photograph of attendees at a banquet held by the Classified Municipal Employees Association (C.M.E.A.) at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Among the notables at the head table (in front of mural) are Thomas D'Alessandro, Jr....
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 31 pages long containing the third semi-annual report of the Burnt District Commission ending September 11, 1905. Created by an act of the Maryland General Assembly approved March 11, 1904, the Burnt District Commission issued its third...
Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Ticknor, Francis Orray, 1822-1874; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "I Carry Along! The Despot's Song!" Written by Francis Orray Ticknor under the pseudonym "Ole Secesh." (i.e., an old secessionist), this broadside proclaims a Confederate view of Abraham Lincoln in which...
Espionage; Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons; Tōjō, Hideki, 1884-1948--Caricatures and cartoons; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by O. (Otto) Soglow (1900-1975) that makes use of three cartoon figures, a rather puzzled-looking American gentleman (center) and the large ears and partial faces of Adolph Hitler (left) and Hideki Tōjō (right) as they attentively...
Liberty; Patriotism; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster showing an American soldier in combat gear holding a rifle with fixed bayonet in his right hand while raising his left hand over his head as if leading a charge. Emblazoned in red ink above his head are the words "We have just begun to...
Espionage; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by O. Soglow (Otto Soglow, 1900-1975) that shows the cartoon character of a serviceman with buttons over his mouth in keeping with the text above his head reading "Button your lip! Loose talk can cost lives." Below the text in the...
Espionage; Nazis; Soldiers; Swastikas; United States. Army; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Adolph Treidler (1886-1981) that shows a Nazi soldier holding a rifle and wearing a swastika armband, guarding a captured American soldier behind the barbed wire fence of a prison camp. Above the American soldier's head are the...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Diagnosis, Radioscopic;
X-ray taken in 1921 by Baltimore roentgenologist (radiologist) Dr. Max Kahn of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's head. Why this x-ray was taken is not known.
Sketches by Adalbert Volck that feature a rider and his mount. In the upper sketch, the horse gallops off with a billow of steam pluming from his nostrils. The riders feet are out of the stirrups, and his hat has blown off his head. In the lower...
Drawing; Theater programs; Theyre-Smith, S. (Spenser); Wednesday Club (Baltimore, Md.);
Sketches by Adalbert Volck for the Wednesday Club's production of two Spenser Theyre-Smith comedies, Cut off with a Shilling (upper sketch) and A Happy Pair (lower sketch). Both plays are set in a Victorian parlor. In the first play, a young woman...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Jesus Christ--Art;
Watercolor portrait by Aaron Sopher of Jesus Christ. Christ's head is tilted downward, and he wears the crown of thorns. The portrait is done in dark, somber colors (black, brown, grey, and dark blue and purple).
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...
Artists--Maryland--Baltimore; Drawing; United States. Works Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Writers' Program (U.S.); Weather; World War II;
Pen and ink drawing by Aaron Sopher. In the center of the drawing, the title "The Weather for 1941" is written in pencil. On the sides of the drawing are two columns, each with different figures and scenes related to the weather and seasons. At the...
Baltimore (Md.)--Pictorial works; Streets--New York (State)--New York; Buildings--New York (State)--New York; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.);
Hand colored print after the painting by Jennie Brownscombe that was published by the Klackner Galleries of New York in 1913. The picture represents a view of Wall Street, from a point a little east of Hanover Street, in the year 1790, or during...
