Prints
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Negro Baptism in the United States Engraving by Felix Regamey
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4756
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a steelplate engraving of Félix Régamey's Negro Baptism in the United States, published in The Illustrated London News in 1887. The engraving measures 16 x 11 inches and depicts a large gathering of African Americans along a riverbank engaged in a religious ceremony. Many participants hold Bibles or hymnals, their faces uplifted in song or prayer. In the foreground, a young boy is baptized by an older...
Dates:
1887
Judith Ann Saks papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1222
Abstract
This collection contains materials pertaining to the bicentennial project for the Port Authority of Houston, Texas, including six signed prints and and explanatory booklet. The prints depict scenes in the development of the port of Houston.
Dates:
circa 1977
View of Charles Town from on board the Bristol Commodore Sir Peter Parker Kn,,t &c. &c. taken in Five Fathom / Hole the day after the Attack upon Fort Sulivan by the Commodore & his Squadron, which Action continued 9 hours & 40 minutes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4346
Content Description
One print titled, “A [North West by North] View of Charles Town from on board the Bristol Commodore Sir Peter Parker Kn,,t &c. &c. taken in Five Fathom / Hole the day after the Attack upon Fort Sulivan by the Commodore & his Squadron, which Action continued 9 hours & 40 minutes.”, documents an attempt by the British to capture the city of Charleston in the Battle of Sullivan’s Island in 1776, but American forces were able to defend the port city. The print is dedicated to...
Dates:
1776-08-10
W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library Art and Portrait Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4102
Abstract
A variety of prints in the Special Collections Library.
Dates:
1900-