Portrait engravings collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S3408
Scope and Contents
This collection includes many different engraving types and styles from the early 1800s to the early 1900s and encompasses many of Indiana's historic figures. The names are listed below by folder.
Folder 1: A. W. Brayton, J. A. Howard, Joseph Holman, John A. Hendricks, William Henry Harrison, Charles White, R. Winton, W. W. Woollen, John Lambert Richmond, Gilbert Hathaway, Joseph Albert Wright, Robert Owen , Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, Robert Morrison, Benjamin Harrison, Josiah Harman, Charles W. Fairbanks, George W. Ewing, and William G. Ewing.
Folder 2: Sara T. Bolton, Horace P. Biddle, Elizabeth Bradley, Lewis Cass, Elijah Coffin, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, James D. Williams, William Gwin, Sam Hall, Allen Hamilton, Anna Symmes Harrison, Samuel Hannah, George C. Harding, Pleasant Adams Hackleman, Lewis (Lew) Wallace, George B. Walker, James C. Veatch, Cyrus Taber, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Joseph Holman, William S. Holman, D. P. Holloway, Milton B. Hopkins, David Hoover, George W. Julian, Rebecca Julian, E.O. Kelly, Michael C. Kerr, Solomon Meridith, W. H. Miller, Bernard R. Mullen, Thomas G. Noble, Tenskwatawa (The Shawnee Prophet, The One That Opens The Door), George Ade, A. J. Porter, and David Studebaker.
Folder 3: S. E. Perkins, Samuel Jones, Claude Matthews, Jonathan Jennings, Robert Sanford Foster, Schuyler Colfax, Hugh Dougherty, Arcada Balz, John Pettit, Robert Owen, Christina McCoy, Robert Wesley McBride, E. B. Martindale, E. E. Ellsworth, Henry S. Cauthorn, Austin H. Brown, Joshua R. Giddings, William H. English, John H. Dillon, John Coburn, J. Gayfield, J. A. Hendricks, Andrew Johnson, A. G. Thurman, B. H. Hill, John Jay, J. Q. Adams, Roger Williams, Sam Lewis, George H. Stuart, George Peabody, William A. Woods, Isaac Shelby, Thomas Say, and Henry D. Washburn.
Folder 1: A. W. Brayton, J. A. Howard, Joseph Holman, John A. Hendricks, William Henry Harrison, Charles White, R. Winton, W. W. Woollen, John Lambert Richmond, Gilbert Hathaway, Joseph Albert Wright, Robert Owen , Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, Robert Morrison, Benjamin Harrison, Josiah Harman, Charles W. Fairbanks, George W. Ewing, and William G. Ewing.
Folder 2: Sara T. Bolton, Horace P. Biddle, Elizabeth Bradley, Lewis Cass, Elijah Coffin, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, James D. Williams, William Gwin, Sam Hall, Allen Hamilton, Anna Symmes Harrison, Samuel Hannah, George C. Harding, Pleasant Adams Hackleman, Lewis (Lew) Wallace, George B. Walker, James C. Veatch, Cyrus Taber, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Joseph Holman, William S. Holman, D. P. Holloway, Milton B. Hopkins, David Hoover, George W. Julian, Rebecca Julian, E.O. Kelly, Michael C. Kerr, Solomon Meridith, W. H. Miller, Bernard R. Mullen, Thomas G. Noble, Tenskwatawa (The Shawnee Prophet, The One That Opens The Door), George Ade, A. J. Porter, and David Studebaker.
Folder 3: S. E. Perkins, Samuel Jones, Claude Matthews, Jonathan Jennings, Robert Sanford Foster, Schuyler Colfax, Hugh Dougherty, Arcada Balz, John Pettit, Robert Owen, Christina McCoy, Robert Wesley McBride, E. B. Martindale, E. E. Ellsworth, Henry S. Cauthorn, Austin H. Brown, Joshua R. Giddings, William H. English, John H. Dillon, John Coburn, J. Gayfield, J. A. Hendricks, Andrew Johnson, A. G. Thurman, B. H. Hill, John Jay, J. Q. Adams, Roger Williams, Sam Lewis, George H. Stuart, George Peabody, William A. Woods, Isaac Shelby, Thomas Say, and Henry D. Washburn.
Dates
- 1822-1934
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Historical Note
Human have used forms of engraving for the last 20,000 years using everything from wood, rock, stone, and metals as the hardened surface, and any possible surface, natural or manmade, as a canvas for the images. Engraving involves incising a design or image onto a hardened surface by cutting grooves, shapes, and patterns into it. The resulting surface is then either handpainted or inked to use as a printing plate. When the recessed areas are inked, it is called intaglio; when the non-recessed surface is inked, it is called relief printing. The items in this collection are all relief prints.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet (3 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by size.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as donations during 1899 and 1934.
Accruals
No further additions are expected
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2024/08/21 by A.J. Chrapliwy. EAD finding aid created 2024/08/22 by A.J. Chrapliwy.
- Title
- Portrait engravings collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
