Engravings

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Great Falls of the Potomac. Engraved from a large print by permission of Mr. Nightingale. Printed in London, 1812.

A Guide to Engravings in the Special Collections Research Center

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOKS ................................................................................................................ 3

NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS COLLECTION ..................................... 5

WORKS OF ENGRAVERS ................................................................................. 12

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BOOKS

Bliss, Douglas. A History of Wood-Engraving. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1928.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 1030.B5

Blum, Andre. The Origins of Printing and Engraving. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1940.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 126.B657

Brown, Louise. Bock Printing & Book Illustration in Japan. London: G. Routledge & Sons, 1924.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 1184.B7 f

Chatto, William. A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical, with Upwards of Four Hundred Illustrations Engraved on Wood by John Jackson. London: Chatto and Windus, 1861.

Call Number: Special Collections N 1030.C55 1861

Dyson, Anthony. Pictures to Print: The Nineteenth Century Engraving Trade. London: Farrand Press, 1984.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 628.D97 1984

Fielding, T.H. The Art of Engraving, with the Various Modes of Operation, under the Following Different Divisions: Etching, Soft-Ground Etching, Line Engraving, Chalk and Stipple, Aquatint, Mezzotint, Lithography, Wood Engraving, Medallic Engraving, Electrography and Photography… London: M.A. Nattali, 1844.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 830.F4 1844

Glaser, Curt. Die Graphik der Neuzeit, vom Anfang des XIX. Berlin: bei Bruno Cassirer, 1922.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 430.G6

Goldman, Paul. Victorian Illustrated Books, 1850-1870: The Heyday of Wood-Engraving. Boston: David R. Godine, 1994.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 1023.G65 1994

Hamerton, Philip. The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and Engraving in Comparison with Each Other and with Nature. London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1882.

Call Number: Special Collections N 7430.H32 1882 f

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Hamilton, Sinclair. Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 1670-1870. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968.

Call Number: Special Collections Z 1023.P9 1968

Hind, Arthur. A History of Engraving & Etching from the 15th

Call Number: Special Collections NE 400.H66 1963

Century to the Year 1914. New York: Dover Publications, 1963.

Hitchcock, Ripley. Etching in America. New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1886.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 2003.H7

Kainen, Jacob. Why Bewick Succeeded: A Note in the History of Wood Engraving. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1959.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 1143.5.B48 K34 1959

Keppel, Frderick. The Golden Age of Engraving: A Specialist’s Story about Fine Prints. New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1910.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 860.K3

Linton, W.J. American Wood Engraving: A Victorian History. Watkins Glen: American Life Foundation & Study Institute, 1976.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 1103.L762 1976 f

Maggs Bros. A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings and Autograph Letters Remarkable for Their Interest & Rarity. London: s.n., 1928.

Call Number: Special Collections KIEV Z 999.M195 1928 no. 500

McMurtrie, Douglas. A Typographer’s View of the Photo-Engraving Industry with Some Constructive Suggestions for More Effective Cooperation with Letterpress Printers. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1941.

Call Number: Special Collections TR 970.M3

Mosel, Eric. Computer-Assisted Engraving with N.C. Machine Tools. M. Sc. Thesis, George Washington University, 1987.

Call Number: Special Collections AS 36.G3 1987

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New York Public Library. One Hundred Notable American Engravers, 1863-1850. New York: The Public Library, 1928.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 42.N4 N4 1928

Rostenberg, Leona. English Publishers in the Graphic Arts, 1599-1700: A Study of the Printsellers & Publishers of Engravings, Art, & Architectural Manuals, Maps & Copy-Books. New York: B. Franklin, 1963.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 2802.R6

Schiller, Eli. Jerusalem & the Holy Land in Old Engravings and Illustrations (1483-1800). Jerusalem: Ariel, 1981.

Call Number: Special Collections DS 109.2.J47

Stauffer, David. American Engravers upon Copper and Steel. New Castle: Oak Knoll Books, 1994.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 505.S8 1994

Struck, Hermann. Die Kunst des Radierens: Ein Handbuch. Berlin: P. Cassirer, 1908.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 850.S7 1908

U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. History of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1862-1962. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964.

Call Number: Special Collections HG 573.A4 1964

Vail, Elizabeth. Woodcuts. s.l.: s.n., 1977.

Call Number: Special Collections AS 36.G3 1977

Wroth, Lawrence and Marion Adams. American Woodcuts and Engravings, 1670-1800. Providence: Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1946.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 505.W7

NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS COLLECTION

Call Number: Special Collections Graphic Collection 20

John Chester Buttre

Most of the 173 engravings in the collection were done by John Chester Buttre, who was born in Auburn, New York on June 30, 1821, and died in Ridgewood, New Jersey

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on December 2, 1893. He studied drawing with an artist named Hulaniski in Auburn and tried his hand at portrait-painting, with little success. He then focused on wood-engraving and founded a successful business in Auburn. After moving to New York in 1841, he became well-known as a line-engraver, with much of his work during this time appearing in magazines. Later, Buttre established his own engraving business in New York where he continued engraving until his death, supposedly having completed almost 3000 plates with his name.

George B. Ellis

George B. Ellis studied under Francis Kearny of Philadelphia in 1821 and founded an engraving business there in 1825, which lasted until 1837. He is best known for his small “Annual”plates, portraits, as well as copies of English engravings, which he did for an edition of Ivanhoe. Nothing is known about his life after 1837, as his name vanishes from the Philadelphia directories in 1838.

Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede

Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede was born at West Point, New York, in 1820. The son of Thomas Gimbrede, an engraver and drawing-master at West Point Military Academy, he actually learned the art of engraving from his uncle, J. F. E. Prud’homme. In 1841-1845, he went into business in New York, engraving portraits and subject plates. He then became a stationer for the Metropolitan hotel.

Henry Bryan Hall

Henry Bryan Hall was born in London in 1808 and died at Morrisania, N.Y. in 1884. He studied engraving in London, under Benjamin Smith and Henry Meyer. He then worked for H.T. Ryall, Historical Engraver to the Queen, to do portrait work on the plate of “The Coronation of Victoria,” from a painting by Sir George Hayter. In 1850, he moved to New York, where he went into business as an engraver, as well as a publisher of portraits. Hall was also a very good portrait-painter and painted a portrait of Napoleon III in London and, while in the United States, of Thomas Sully and C.L. Elliot. He etched many portraits of men of historical prominence during the Colonial and Revolutionary period of the United States. These were done for a group of private collectors of New York and Philadelphia. Hall also painted miniatures on ivory.

W. G. Jackman

W. G. Jackman was originally from England, but came to the United States in 1841, where he established a business in New York. He did most of his work for the Harpers, Putnams and Appletons, all New York publishers. He excelled as an engraver of portraits and subject plates, using the stipple and the line methods. Jackman also did a few portraits using the mezzotint technique for Harper & Brothers.

George Edward Perine

George Edward Perine was born in South Orange, Essex Co. in 1837 and died in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1885. In 1852, he began engraving for Thomas Doney in New York and in 1856-1858 for W.W. Rice, a line and bank-note engraver. He engraved in

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mezzotint a large plate, entitled “The Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower,” before he was nineteen years old. He was employed by New York engravers in 1858-1860 and in 1860 began engraving on his own and soon established a successful business in New York City. He mainly did portrait engraving and though he had many engravers in his employ, it is said that he finished every plate himself.

Alexander Hay Ritchie

Alexander Hay Ritchie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1822. He was a pupil of Sir William Allan, with whom he studied drawing in Edinburgh. He came to New York in 1841, he learned engraving and established a sizable business. He was a skilled portrait engraver in mezzotint and also painted in oils. He began exhibiting his work at the Academy in 1848, became an Associate in 1863 and an Academician of the National Academy of Design in 1871.

Augustus Robin

Augustus Robin was born in New York to French parents and was a skilled portrait engraver, who worked for John Chester Buttre for almost forty years.

Hezekiah Wright Smith

Hezekiah Wright Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1828, and came to New York when he was five years old. He studied under Thomas Doney and was a very skilled engraver of portraits in line and stipple. He was an associate of Joseph Andrews in Boston in 1850 and in 1870-1877 found employment in New York. In 1877, Smith situated himself in Philadelphia, doing much of his work there. However, he left the city very suddenly in April of 1879 and was never heard from again. His noted plates are those of Daniel Webster, Edward Everett and a head of Washington from the Athenaeum head by Stuart. The head of Washington is reportedly the best engraving ever done from this portrait.

Container List Box 1:

Folder:

1. Adams, John Quincy

2. Anderson, Brig. Gen. Robert

3. Andrew, John A. - Governor of Massachusetts

4. Asboth, Brig. Gen. A.

5. Augur, Maj. Gen. C.C.

6. Baker, Col. Edward D.

7. Banks, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P.

8. Beauregard, Maj. Gen. P.T.

9. Beecher, Henry Ward

10. Berdan, Col. H.

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11. Berry, Maj. Gen. Hiram G.

12. Blenker, Maj. Gen. Louis

13. Blunt, Maj. Gen. James G.

14. Brittan, S.B. Jr.

15. Brownlow, William G.

16. Buell, Brig. Gen. Don Carlos

17. Burnside, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E.

18. Butler, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F.

19. Butterfield, Maj. Gen. Daniel

20. Carr, Col. Jos. B.

21. Casey, Brig. Gen. Silas

22. Clay, Maj. Gen. Cassius M.

23. Clay, Henry - birth place

24. Clay, Henry - younger man

25. Clay, Henry

26. Cooper, James Fenimore

27. Cooper, Peter

28. Corcoran, Col. Michael

29. Couch, Maj. Gen. Darius N.

30. Cox, Brig. Gen. J. Dolson

31. Cozzens, Frederick

32. Crawford, Brig. Gen. S.W.

33. Curtis, George M.

34. Curtis, Maj. Gen. Samuel R.

35. Dahlgren, Rear Adm. John A.

36. Davies Jr., Brig. Gen. Henry E.

37. Davis, Com. Charles H.

38. Davis, Jefferson

39. Dayton, William L.

40. Dix, Maj. Gen. John A.

41. Doubleday, Brig. Gen. Abner

42. Douglas, Stephen A.

43. Dupont, Com. Samuel F.

44. Duryee, Brig. Gen. Abram

45. Earl, Col. Seth C.

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46. Ellsworth, E.E.

47. Everett, Edward

48. Farragut, Rear Adm. David G.

49. Field, Cyrus W.

50. Fillmore, Millard

51. Foot, Capt. John

52. Foote, Com. Andrew H.

53. Foster, Maj. Gen. John C.

54. Franklin, Benjamin

55. Franklin, Maj. Gen. William B.

56. Fremont, Maj. Gen. John C.

57. Fuller, Rev. Arthur B.

58. Garfield, Brig. Gen. James A.

59. Generals of Our Army, 1861

60. Goldsborough, Com. Louis M.

61. Governors of New England States, 1862

62. Grant, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S.

63. Grant, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S.

64. Grover, Brig. Gen. Cuvier

65. Hale, John P. - late U.S. Senator from New Hampshire

66. Halleck, Maj.Gen. Henry Wager

67. Hamlin, Hanibal

68. Hancock, Maj. Gen. W.S.

69. Hartsuff, Maj. Gen. George L.

70. Hathaway, Col. Gilbert

71. Hawkins, Col. Rush C.

72. Heintzelman, Brig. Gen. Samuel P.

73. Herron, Maj. Gen. F.J.

74. Hitchcock, Maj. Gen. E.A.

75. Holt, Joseph - Senator from Kentucky

76. Holmes, Oliver Wendell

77. Hooker, Maj. Gen. Joseph

78. Houston, Sam

79. Howard, Maj. Gen. O.O.

80. Hunter, Maj. Gen. David

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81. Irving, Washington

82. Jackson, Andrew

83. Jaquess, Col. James F.

Box 2:

Folder:

84. Kearney, Maj. Gen. Philip

85. Keyes, Maj. Gen. E.D.

86. Kilpatrick, Brig. Gen. Judson

87. Kirk, Edward N.

88. Lafayette

89. Lander, Brig. Gen.

90. Lee, Gen. Robert E

91. Lincoln, A.

92. Lincoln, A.

93. Lincoln, Abraham - early home

94. Longfellow, Henry W.

95. Lynch, Col. William F.

96. Lyon, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel

97. Mansfield, Brig. Gen. J.K.F.

98. Meade, Maj. Gen. George G.

99. Meagher, Col. Thomas Francis

100. Meagher, Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis

101. Meredith, Brig. Gen. S.A.

102. McCall, Brig. Gen. George

103. McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B.

104. McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B.

105. McClernand, Maj. Gen. John A.

106. McCook, Maj. Gen. A. McD.

107. McDowell, Brig. Gen. Irvin

108. McIlvaine, Rt. Rev. Bishop Charles P.

109. McNiel, Brig. Gen. John

110. McPherson, Maj. Gen. James B.

111. Mitchel, Maj. Gen. O.M.

112. Mulligan, Col. James A.

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113. Murphy, Paul

114. Officers of Our Navy, 1861

115. Ord, Maj. Gen. E.O.C.

116. Peabody, George

117. Peck, Maj. Gen. John J.

118. Pleasonton, Maj. Gen. A.

119. Pope, Maj. Gen. John

120. Porter, Comr. David D.

121. Porter, Com. William D.

122. Porter, Maj. Gen. Fitz John

123. Prentice, George

124. President and Cabinet

125. President and Generals, C.S.A.

126. Putnam, Lieut. Lowell

127. Reno, Maj. Gen. Jesse L.

128. Richardson, Maj. Gen. I.B.

129. Ricketts, Brig. Gen. James B.

130. Roberts, Brig. Gen. Benjamin Stone

131. Rosecrans, Brig. Gen. W.S.

132. Rousseau, Maj. Gen. L.H.

133. Schenk, Maj. Gen. Robert C.

134. Schurz, Brig. Gen Carl

135. Scott, Lieut. Gen. Winfield

136. Sedgwick, Maj. Gen John

137. Seward, William H.

138. Seymour, Horatio

139. Sherman, Maj. Gen. William T.

140. Shields, Brig. Gen. James

141. Sickles, Maj. Gen. Daniel E.

142. Sigel, Brig. Gen. Franz

143. Slemmer, Maj.

144. Slocum, Maj. Gen. Henry W.

145. Smith, Maj. Gen. William F.

146. Sprague, Maj. Gen. William - Gov. of Rhode Island

147. Stahel, Brig. Gen. Julius

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148. Stoneman, Maj. Gen. George

149. Stringham, Com. S.H.

150. Sumner, Charles

151. Sumner, Maj. Gen. Edwin V.

152. Sykes, Maj. Gen. George

153. Taylor, Zachary

154. Thomas, Maj. Gen. George H.

155. Tynge, Stephen H.

156. Viele, Brig. Gen. Robert L.

157. Von Schack, Col. George

158. Wadsworth, Brig. Gen. James S.

159. Wallace, Maj. Gen. Lewis

160. Wallace, Brig. Gen. W.H.L.

161. Ward, Brig. Gen. J.H. Hobart

162. Washington, George

163. Washington, Martha - from Stuart’s picture

164. Weber, Col. Max

165. Webster, Daniel

166. Welles, Gideon - Secretary of the Navy

167. Wilder, Marshall P.

168. Wilkes, Capt. Charles

169. Wilson, Col. Henry of Mass.

170. Winthrop, Maj. Theodore

171. Wool, Maj. Gen. John E.

172. Worden, Lieut. John L.

173. Wounded Soldier

WORKS OF ENGRAVERS

Baker, William. The Engraved Portraits of Washington, with Notices of the Originals and Brief Biographical Sketches of the Painters. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880.

Call Number: Special Collections E 312.43.B155

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Bewick, Thomas. Wood Engravings of Thomas Bewick, Reproduced in Collotype. London: Hart-Davis, 1953.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 1212.B5 S8

Byron, George. Byron Gallery of Highly Finished Engravings: Illustrating Lord Byron’s Works. New York: R. Martin, 1849.

Call Number: Special Collections PR 4377.M2

Douglas, Lester. Ecclesiastes, with a Wood Engraving and Eight Trial Drawings by Hans Foy. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1958.

Call Number: Special Collections BS 1473 1958 f

Eames, Marian. Dancing in Prints: A Portfolio of Twelve Etchings, Engravings, and Lithographs, 1634-1870. New York: New York Public Library, 1964.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 962.D3 N4 1964 ff

Gaspey, William. Tallis’s Illustrated London: In Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations…Illustrated by Upwards of Two Hundred Steel Engravings from Original Drawings and Daguerrotypes. London: John Tallis and Co., 1851.

Call Number: Special Collections DA 679.G3 1851

Gill, Eric. The Engravings of Eric Gill. Wellingborough: C. Skelton, 1983.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 642.G5 A4 1983 f

Gower, Ronald. Sir Thomas Lawrence, with a Catalogue of the Artist’s Exhibited and Engraved Works. London: Goupil, 1900.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.L4 G7 f

Gray, Francis Calley. Catalogue of the Collection of Engravings Bequeathed to Harvard College by Francis Calley Gray. Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Co., 1869.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 53.H3 G8 f

Gray, Thomas. Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. London: Raven Press, 1938.

Call Number: Special Collections PR 3502.E5 1938

Hart, Charles. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington. New York: Grolier Club, 1904.

Call Number: Special Collections E 312.43.H32 f

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Hogarth, William. The Complete Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of One Hundred and Fifty Superb Engravings on Steel, from the Original Pictures. London: London Printing and Publishing Company, 18--.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.H7 A4 1800

Hogarth, William. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings. London: Jones, 1833.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.H7 A4 1833b

Horne, Thomas. Landscape Illustrations of the Bible: Consisting of Views of the Most Remarkable Places Mentioned in the Old and New Testaments: From Original Sketches Taken on the Spot Engraved by W. and E. Finden. London: J. Murray, 1836.

Call Number: Special Collections DS 108.5.H78 1836

Mitchell, S. Augustus. Engraved for the Gazeteer of the State of Virginia: Exhibiting its Internal Improvements, Roads, Distances & C. Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell, 1835.

Call Number: Special Collections G 3880 1834.M57 BB

Mongan, Elizabeth. Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1950.

Call Number: Special Collections NE 42.W3 U2 f

Morse, Sidney. A System of Geography for the Use of Schools: Illustrated with more than Fifty Cerographic Maps and Numerous Wood-Cut Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845.

Call Number: Special Collections G 125.M67 1845 f

Reynolds, Joshua and Samuel. Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds… London: Hodgson and Graves, 1838.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.R4 A3 f

Turner, J.M.W. The Turner Gallery: A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner, R.A. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879.

Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.T8 A44

Whipple, Wayne. The Story of the White House and Its Home Life: With Many Engravings and Color Plates. Boston: Dwinnell-Wright, 1903.

Call Number: Special Collections F 204.W5 W5 1903

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Willis, Nathaniel. Picturesque American Scenery: A Series of Twenty-Five…Steel Engravings from Designs by W.H. Bartlett, George L. Brown, and Thomas Moran. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1883.

Call Number: Special Collections E 165.W73 1883