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...
Line engraving of birds and fish--Pavo cristatus or peacock, Penelope or horned pheasant, Pelicanus, and Pentadactylos piscis--by Scot & Allardice from the book titled Encyclopedia; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature...
Line engraving titled the Basaltes by Robert Scot from the book titled Encyclopedia; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature compiled from best authors, published in Philadelphia by Thomas Dobson in 1798. This print is...
Baltimore, George Calvert, Baron, 1580?-1632; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. George Calvert, the virtual founder of Maryland, was born at Kiplin, in the North Riding...
Birds in literature; Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Come, Birdie, Come" with Will. S. Hays listed as the author. In this broadside the speaker talks to a bird sitting in a nest nearby, asking the bird to come and live with him in his home. The bird flies...
Correspondence schools and courses; Journalism--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing the first page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's "student's test" for the Associated Newspaper Bureau School of Journalism. Completed but never sent, this document provides a glimpse into the 19-year-old Mencken's aspirations for a...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Caricatures and cartoons; Smart set (New York, N.Y.); Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Pen and ink drawing made in November of 1915 by W. F. Pensel of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. In this caricature, Mencken is dressed as a knight seated on a well-ridden work horse or nag. Projecting out of the brim of Mencken's hat is a plume or...
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...
