Portraits and Signatures Collection, ca. 1825-1900
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Portraits and Signatures Collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Portraits and Signatures Collection is an artificial collection of engravings and photographs, being predominantly portraits of a variety of individuals both famous and unknown and including many signatures in reproduction. Subjects include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and several other American presidents and statesmen; Lord Jeffery Amherst; Kings George III, George IV, George V and Queen Victoria of England; and several actors in character (George Alexander, John L. Toole). The collection also includes a series of engravings depicting scenes from Shakespeare's plays, several depictions of historic events in European history, and a small number of city views. Also of note are two photographs of teachers and children in the Freedmen's schools sponsored by the American Missionary Society, Norfolk, Virginia, ca. 1865. The collection also includes one folder of unidentified 19th century photographs.
Portraits.
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Signatures (Writing)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Illustrations.
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American Missionary Association--History--Sources.
Amherst College. Library.
Adams, John
Adams, John Quincy
Alexander, George
American Missionary Association - Freedman's Schools - 2 photos c. 1865 (Miss Coan; Miss Skearman)
Amherst, Lord Jeffery
Anderson, Mary
Arnold, Miss
Barlow, Joel
Basin, City of
Bouchard, Eva (Maria Chardelaine); Louis Hemon; Samuel Chardelaine
Bryant, William Cullen
Burroughs, John
Buchanan, James
Cable, G. W.
Chatham, Death of
Chardelaine, Maria
Chardelaine, Samuel
Clay, Henry
Cleveland, Grover
Colbert, Jean Baptist
Duck, Stephen
Durham Cathedral (2)
Dyer, John (2)
Fields, James Thomas
Fillmore, Millard
Franklin, Benjamin
Garfield, James Abram
George III, King of England
George IV, King of England
Gibralter, Siege of
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Hamilton, Alexander
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, William Henry
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Hemon, Louis
Hill, Aaron
Hilton Castle
Horatio, Death of
Howe, Richard Howe, Lord
Hurd, Richard
Jackson, Andrew
Jefferson, Joseph
Jefferson, Thomas
Jennings, Clara
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Samuel
Kellog, Orlando
Lafayette, Marie Joseph, Marquis de
Lamb, Charles
Langtry, Lily
Leasowes, Estate of
Lee, Robert E., Surrender of
Lincoln, Abraham
Mackay, F.F.
Madison, James
Monroe, James
Mortland, Anna
Owens, John E.
Penn, William
Phelps, Samuel
Pierce, Franklin
Polk, James Knox
Roberts, Cornelia Bishop
Rowe, George F., Jr.
Sandeyer, Sybil
Seward, William H.
Shakespearian Scenes (12)
Shield, Lion
Sunbury, Town of
Taylor, Zachary
Thomson, James (6)
Toole, John L.
Tyler, John
Van Buren, Martin
Queen Victoria
Washington, George
Waterloo, Battle of
West, Gilbert
William IV
Unidentified Photographs - 14, (3 ferrotypes), tax stamps on back c. 1864-65