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[Two Mourners and Hope at Washingtons Grave]

Engraving by Boston printmaker Thomas Clarke showing a man and woman weeping into handkerchiefs in front of the grave of George Washington. Washington's monument includes his face engraved below a cherubim and the epitaph "There is Reft in Heaven" and is set at the foot of a weeping willow. The two figures are being consoled by a figure of Hope, who stands by an anchor and points to heaven.
Date: [1695..1800]
Creator: Clark, Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Portrait engraving of John Trumball]

Copperplate engraving print of John Trumbull Esq. holding a book. The print was designed and printed by American engraver Elkanah Tisdale and published by John Buel.
Date: 1700
Creator: Tisdale, Elkanah & Buel, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Market House, Caroline County, Virginia]

Illustration of house; on front "Market House, Caroline County, Va. (John Baylor, 1758); on back "'New Market' Manor House, Caroline Co. Virginia. Home of the Baylors, who came from Tiverton, Devonshire, England, in 1676"
Date: 1758
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Etching of a woman floating over a dead man on the shore of the sea]

Etching print of a woman hovering over a dead man washed up on the shore of the sea. The print, "Elegy" was designed and printed by John Hamilton Mortimer on December 8th, 1778.
Date: December 8, 1778
Creator: Mortimer, Hamilton John
System: The UNT Digital Library

["Ben J. Franklin L.L.D." engraving print]

Engraving of "Ben J. Franklin L.L.D." for European Magazine printed on April 1, 1783. The design is attributed to William Angus and printed by J. Fielding. The engraving shows an image of founding father Benjamin Franklin in a circular frame to replicate a painting by F. Schwediauer.
Date: April 1, 1783
Creator: Angus, William & Feilding, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

["The Stars" mezzotint engraving]

Mezzotint engraving print of a woman draped in fabrics with a wreath of ivy around her head playing a lyre with her face to the night sky. "The Stars" was designed by Middelton and printed by American printmaker John Sartain in Philadelphia in the early 1800s.
Date: [1797..1856]
Creator: Sartain, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Engraving for the Naval Chronicle of lieutenant John T. Shubrick]

Engraving print of Navy Lieutenant John T. Shubrick published by Analeclic Magazine, The Naval Chronicle, and Moses Thomas in 1816. The print shows a portrait at a small scale on a leaf that is damaged and torn along all four edges.
Date: 1816
Creator: Thomas, Moses & Ginbrede
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah, or the Sleepy Eye: A Sioux Chief

Hand-colored lithograph of Sioux chief Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah visible from the waist up; he is wearing feathers in hair and has two braids, a scarf around his neck, and blanket over his right shoulder.
Date: 1836
Creator: Newsam
System: The Portal to Texas History

Surrender of Santa Anna

Print of Santa Anna's surrender to General Sam Houston during the Texas Revolution
Date: April 22, 1836
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engraving of Stephen F. Austin]

Engraved portrait of of Stephen F. Austin. The image is round, in the center of a larger page, and Austin is visible from the chest up.
Date: December 16, 1836
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Tshusick, an Ojibway Woman"

Lithograph of Tshusick, an Ojibway Woman.
Date: 1838
Creator: I.T. Bowens
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oval portrait of William Kinchen Davis with his hair parted]

Copy of an original oval portrait of William Kinchen Davis. Davis, who has his dark hair parted on his right side, is wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and a dark bow tie. Portrait ends just above the waist. Back of photograph in pencil: "Copy of original property of Mrs. A. Y. (Virginia) Scarborough Richmond, Texas 6-1981" and at bottom of back in pencil: "WKD/ph. 1:1".
Date: [1840..1855]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Residence of Robert H. Rose esq." etching and engraving print]

Etching and engraving titled "Residence of Robert H. Rose Esq." depicts the palatial historic home and grounds owned by Robert H. Rose in New York state. Several deer are resting on the lawn and several people are visible as silhouettes near the building.
Date: 1845
Creator: Smillie, James, 1807-1885 & Hinshelwood, Robert, 1812-1879
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bird's-Eye View of the Army Occupation, Corpus Christi, Texas, Oct. 1845

Illustration of a field full of white tents and army personnel next to the Gulf of Mexico with ships on it.
Date: 1847
Creator: Parsons, Charles & Fremont, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Print of Sam Rayburn

Print of Sam Rayburn based on an original painting by Douglas Chandor. Sam Rayburn sits at a desk. He is wearing a dark, three piece suit with a blue striped tie and white shirt. He sits in a green leather desk chair. His left arm rests on the desk. He holds a book in his lap with his right hand. Chandor created three of these paintings. One was given to the East Texas State University (Now known as Texas A&M--Commerce), the Capitol in Austin, Texas and one hung in Sam Rayburn's private office in Washington, D.C.
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Print of Woman

Watercolor print of a woman. The woman wears her dark hair piled upon her head. She wears a red dress. The print is oval shaped. The signature in the lower right corner appears to be Wiley. The image appears to be in the "Gibson Girl" style. Probably dates between 1890 and 1920.
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: Wiley
System: The Portal to Texas History

Quote by Sid Richardson

Print of quote by Side Richardson. The quote is in black ink and is printed upon ivory colored paper. A map of Texas is in the middle and is surrounded by Texas-themed artwork. Blue bonnets decorate the lower right corner, a cowboy riding a "bucking bronc" with cacti in the background can be seen in the upper right corner. In the upper left corner is a long horn skull. The lower left corner is dominated by the images of oil derricks. An airplane is featured near the south part of the Texas map and is headed east as if towards St. Joseph (San Jose Island), which is the only location denoted on the map, where Richardson lived for several months out of each year. The colors of the print include brown, yellow, black, green, purple, blue, red and white.
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Waller Family Coat of Arms

Print of the Waller family coat of arms. Painted by Odine Mhoon. Odine was married to Sam Rayburn's nephew Morris Lightfoot in 1956. They divorced and Morris eventually remarried. The ivory colored paper displays the Waller coat of arms in shades of brown, black, gold, gray, white, blue, green and red. A shield at center shows three gold walnut leaves between two silver bands. At the top is a walnut tree with a pendant shoing three fleurs de lis (the arms of France) with the motto above, "HIC FRUCTUS VIRTUTIS" which is Latin for "This is the reward of integrity." The word "Waller" is below the coat of arms and is written in cursive.
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: Odine Mhoon
System: The Portal to Texas History

“Winter Sun in the Engadin” by Peder Monsted

Color print of “Winter Sun in the Engadin” by Peder Monsted. A creek runs through the middle of the print. The water in the creek is very clear. Leafless trees can be seen on either side of the creek. A wood fence can be seen on the left side of the image. Cloudy sky above and in background.
Date: 1850/1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["A Western Lake by Sunset"]

Steel engraving on a book leaf titled "A Western Lake by Sunset" depicting a vast landscape surrounding a distant lake and small rivers. On the verso side of the leaf are penciled notes about its missing companion page, page numbers and the collectors' information.
Date: 1851
Creator: Durand, A. B. (Asher Brown), 1796-1886 & Smillie, James, 1807-1885
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A View of Fredericksburg, Texas]

Photographic reproduction of a landscape drawing by Hermann Lungwitz of a man looking over a landscape, with a forest between a field of cattle and a town. Note on the back reads. "Panoramic view of the City of Friederichsburg [sic] Texas presented to Texas State Archives by Ralph Bickler. Hermann Lungkwitz, grandfather (maternal) of Ralph Bickler. This was a pencil sketch made at the request of the Dresden Museum of Germany. It was made 1853-54-55 or 1856, the date is not known for sure. The museum made a litho plate (probably stone) and sent lithograph copies back to Friederichburg."
Date: 1854~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Engraved print of Abraham Lincoln

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln with notation in lower left corner, "From life by F.B. Carpenter, 1864,"
Date: 1864
Creator: Carpenter, F. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Godey's Fashions for May 1865

Print of "Godey's Fashions for May 1865." Color artwork of five women wearing dresses with very large, hoop skirts. The color on the image has faded. The background is composed of trees, sky and fountains.
Date: 1865
Creator: Godey's
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History