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Arbres de l’Amérique sketchbook

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0187

Abstract

This volume, entitled “Arbres de l’Amérique,” consists of 157 original pencil drawings (exact copies reduced to one third of the originals) of engraving taken from paintings by P.J. Redouté and Pancrace Bessa done for Francois-Andre Michaux’s North American Sylva, Paris, 1817-1819.

Dates: approximately 1850s

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Chinese genre drawings

Collection

Identifier: GRA 0110

Abstract

Two volumes of drawings of Chinese life; on double leaves of pith paper. Some are colored. Bound in silk brocade, typical of albums meant for the western tourist trade.

Dates: circa 1860-1912

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Eclectic nineteenth-century British scrapbook

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0029

Abstract This eclectically compiled nineteenth-century British scrapbook features collectible scraps of flowers, animals, children, birds, and work scenes; greeting cards; original ink, graphite, and watercolor artwork; material related to British royalty; scenes of famous British places and buildings; and numerous images from varied sources. Several items depict "exotic ethnics," such as a black woman, an "Indian," "Orientals," and "Arabs." Not all of the 36...

Dates: approximately 1865-1890

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Language exercises by students of Worcester, Massachusetts

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0128

Abstract

Selected schoolwork in the subject of Language by first- through ninth-grade students from Worcester, Massachusetts. It was likely submitted to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: 1903-1904

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Rachel Leah Lindeman album

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0008

Abstract

The Rachel Leah Lindeman album is a presentation album which was given to Lindeman on March 18, 1862, in honor of her birthday. The album, which contains thirty-four pages of photographs, poems, artwork (pencil sketches, ink drawings, cartoons, illuminations, watercolors, etc.), elaborate calligraphy, and pressed flowers dating from 1862 to 1877, is a fine example of a Victorian presentation album with colonial Indian influences.

Dates: 1862-1877

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Nineteenth-century British scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0040

Abstract This British nineteenth-century scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content features images created from multiple printing processes, predominantly monochromatic engravings, though the album also includes original artwork, elaborately printed Victorian-era greeting cards, and other color illustrations. Collected images include Italian, French, and primarily British landmarks, abbeys, cathedrals, historic landscapes, and British monarchs and nobility. This scrapbook also...

Dates: approximately 1846-1899

Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Arbres de l’Amérique sketchbook

Chinese genre drawings

Eclectic nineteenth-century British scrapbook

Language exercises by students of Worcester, Massachusetts

Rachel Leah Lindeman album

Nineteenth-century British scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content

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