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- Engraving, "Lincoln and His Family," 1866 - Produced as a memorial in 1866, this image presents the Lincolns around a center table in an idealized White House. Older son Robert stands behind the table while the youngest, Tad sits at his father's feet. On the wall is a portrait of William, who died of Typhoid in 1862. A bust of George Washington presides over the scene, making a visual connection between the two great presidents.
- 1866
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Engraving, "Lincoln and His Family," 1866
Produced as a memorial in 1866, this image presents the Lincolns around a center table in an idealized White House. Older son Robert stands behind the table while the youngest, Tad sits at his father's feet. On the wall is a portrait of William, who died of Typhoid in 1862. A bust of George Washington presides over the scene, making a visual connection between the two great presidents.
- Mezzotint, "North View of Middletown & Its Vicinity," circa 1830 - Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This engraving depicts a stagecoach journeying toward Middletown, Connecticut.
- circa 1830
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Mezzotint, "North View of Middletown & Its Vicinity," circa 1830
Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This engraving depicts a stagecoach journeying toward Middletown, Connecticut.
- Mezzoprint, "Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse, Inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph," circa 1857 - This mezzotint depicts Samuel F. B. Morse, artist and inventor. Morse developed an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and built an experimental version in 1835. The first practical telegraph system was built in 1844 between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Morse also developed the Morse code, a method of transmitting text across telegraph lines using a series of dots and dashes for letters.
- circa 1857
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Mezzoprint, "Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse, Inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph," circa 1857
This mezzotint depicts Samuel F. B. Morse, artist and inventor. Morse developed an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and built an experimental version in 1835. The first practical telegraph system was built in 1844 between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Morse also developed the Morse code, a method of transmitting text across telegraph lines using a series of dots and dashes for letters.
- Mezzotint Glass Colored Print, "The Shoemakers," circa 1855 -
- circa 1855
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Mezzotint Glass Colored Print, "The Shoemakers," circa 1855
- Mezzotint, "Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower," circa 1856 -
- November 21, 1620
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Mezzotint, "Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower," circa 1856