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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1780-1952
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1.64 Cubic feet (consisting of 3.5 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Engraving
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Engraving forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Kubler, George A., 1876-1943.
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[18--]
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66,000 Items (39 vertical file drawers)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.XXXX-0020
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Smithsonian Libraries
Collection consists ofapproximately 66,000, high quality engravings collected by Kubler from European and American books and periodicals dating almost exclusively from the 19th century.Portraits and city views document the social history and material culture of the period. Specific topics covered include archery, boxing, funerals, irrigation, milk, peddlers, riots, stenography, volcanos, and wrecks, among others. Among the publications from which illustrations were removed are Harper's weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Puck, Illustrated London News, and King's New York City Views. Dates Kubler noted on the individual items are the dates on which the illustrations appeared in the publication from which they were extracted, not the date of the events or subjects being documented. Each print is mounted on tissue. Folders marked by a red circle indicate extremely rare prints.
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Historic Engravings collection
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1747-circa 1905
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154 Items (29 folders, engravings, 21 1/2 x 16 in. (54.6 x 40.6 cm.) or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2010-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Historic Engravings collection is comprised of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905. The engravings depict subject matter related to Africa and Africans.
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Courtney, Mrs. J. W.
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circa 1850s
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5 Prints (engravings and etchings)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.3265
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National Anthropological Archives
Engravings from books and magazines depicting meetings, a battle, and other events relating to Native Americans.
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Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885
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1832-1868
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3 Pages ((on 4 frames of microfilm))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.barbjohw
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Archives of American Art
Items "From Diary of J. W. Barber" pasted onto paper: a sketch of Lorenzo Dow, "Preaching on the steps of the South Portico of the State House at New Haven, Conn. June 30th 1832," an illustration from a wood engraving of the "Hudson Co. Court House & Jail Hudson City New Jersey," said to be "the last engraving done by Dr. [Alexander] Anderson" and ...
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Brogi, Giacomo
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center
Memmert, Heinrich
Reichard & Lindner.
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19th-20th centuries
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0.1 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0392
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Miscellaneous portraits of scientists and other prominent persons, including original engravings, photoprints, and copy photoprints.
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Ofcansky, Thomas P., 1947-
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1678-circa 2005
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1 Booklet (sheet music)
30 Engravings
6 Photographic prints
6 Posters
1 Drawing
2 Documents
12 Maps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2015-012
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection dates from 1678 to circa 2005 and consists of 58 maps, engravings, posters, original documents and photographs related to East, Central and South Africa. There is a special focus on Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Tanzania and the Sudan, and the collection's subjects include East African geography, history, political affairs and African leaders, as well as European (German, Italian, British) and American colonization, exploration and warfare in Africa.
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Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846
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[ca. 1846]
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2 Volumes ((on 1 partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lawsalex
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Archives of American Art
A short manuscript biography of Lawson, signed "L"; a table of contents with a colored miniature of Lawson, drawn by T. Birch; and engravings by Lawson of birds, mammals, sea shells, human anatomy, scientific machines, instruments and book illustrations.
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Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
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1854-1880
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0.2 Linear feet ((on 3 partial microfilm reels))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.lossbens
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Archives of American Art
Letters to Lossing from the following people: Henry Carey Baird, Mr. Barnard, William W. Belknap, Charles Campbell, L. L. Doty, Lyman C. Draper, Theodor F. Dwight, Charles W. Parsons, Anna T. Harrison, and James Grant Wilson. Most of the correspondents are historians, government officials, or relatives of prominent political figures.
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Casilear, John William, 1811-1893
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1832-1962
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80 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.casijohn
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, including two letters to engraver and landscape painter John Frederick Kensett, 1832-1833, four to his son, John W. Casilear, Jr. 1891-1892; typed excerpts from a diary kept by Kensett, 1840-1841; genealogical and biographical material including family documents, articles and publication extracts about Casilear, compiled and/or anno...