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"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

[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

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 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

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

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

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took 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. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863. The crew was initially incarcerated at Camp Groce near Hempstead, but the prisoners were all moved to Camp Ford in December 1863. Simmons was in the Prisoner exchange that occurred at Red River Landing on February 25, 1865. The lithograph made from his sketch was published in New York on March 4, 1865, only a week after his exchange.
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"

Engraved woodcut of cattle crossing a stream printed in Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867, page 665.
Date: October 19, 1867
Creator: Waud, A. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Print from Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867. "A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"]

Print from Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867. "A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream" Old Object Term: Prints
Date: October 19, 1867
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marianna Plum

Drawing of several plums on a short branch with leaves. The drawing is labelled "Marianna Plum" and the text above and below the drawing describe the plant, fruits, and how to purchase Marianna plum trees from T. V. Munson.
Date: 1872
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
System: The Portal to Texas History

Painting of Early Fort Worth by Miranda Leonard, 1873

Painting of an aerial view of Fort Worth in 1873. The painting depicts a town square with an American-flag topped courthouse in the center. Surrounding the courthouse are several buildings, some with fences. Throughout the painting are people, buggies, covered wagons and trees. On the right side of the frame is a sloping hill.
Date: 1873
Creator: Miranda Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Print from Harper's Weekly, May 2, 1874. "The Texas Cattle Trade"]

Print from Harper's Weekly, May 2, 1874. "The Texas Cattle Trade" ,9 images on two pages of the Harpers Weekly
Date: May 2, 1874
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henrietta Veazey]

Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Picture of Henrietta Veazey, sister of Catherine (Kate) Veazey; taken about 1877, year she died; from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects. On back of photograph: "Henretta Veazey. Born: 1858 in Gay Hill, Texas. Died: According to family tradition, when 19, same year picture taken, Gay Hill, Texas. Father: Y. Sheppard Veazey. Mother: Amanda Malvina Zimmerman. Older Sister of Catherine (Kate) Veazey (Mrs. Eugene Bibb Wallace). Family tradition says she was engaged to William Wallace (no relation to E. B. Wallace). When she died he married her older sister Zoe."
Date: 1877~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Print by Walter Ernest Webster

Print of a watercolor painting by Walter Ernest Webster. Wa woman (ballerina) sits on a balcony railing while a young man with his arm resting on railing stares upward at her. The woman wears a large flouncing skirt, or tutu and ballet slippers in white. She clutches a blue shawl around her. He hair is blonde and rather short. The man wears a red coat. In the background are flowers, trees and architectural features. On the floor is a bouquet of red flowers.
Date: 1878/1959
Creator: Webster, Walter Ernest
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scene on Public Square, Waco]

Drawing of a scene at the public square at Waco, with the old city hall at right. Along a road to the left of the city hall is a large crowd of horse-drawn vehicles, horseback riders, animals tied to hitching posts, and other pedestrians. The city hall at center is depicted with a fence and with its large, prominent steeple nestled in the background. A man on horseback, drawn on the bottom right, watches the crowd.
Date: 1890
Creator: Spitter, W. V.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of Eanes Frame School]

Art print depicting an illustration of the Eanes Frame School in 1896. The foreground of the picture has the Eanes Frame School with two trees in front of it as well as a water tower beside it and behind the water tower, there is another building. Below the drawing "1896 frame school Eanes area used as a school 'till 1937 then a church 'till 1928" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1896
Creator: Curtis, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History

"In All Her Glory" Sailing Ship Print

Print by Gordon Grant. "In All Her Glory" print of a sailing ship at sea.
Date: 1900/1927
Creator: Grant, Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History