Elegant Handwritten Signatures

A series of elegant, handwritten name cards featuring signatures of individuals, with a focus on artistic penmanship and historical context.

Cap. (i.e., Captain) Bainbridge's battery, Port Hudson, La.. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Port Hudson (La.), History, Siege, 1863 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Louisiana, Port Hudson.

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Cap. (i.e., Captain) Bainbridge's battery, Port Hudson, La.. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Port Hudson (La.), History, Siege, 1863 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Louisiana, Port Hudson.

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Marriage announcement to Philip Zilcken, 1896 Leiden paper printing

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Celina Mickiewicz's Visiting Ticket

View of the École National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Paris photographic support. cardboard albumen print place or institution of education and training of the artist, e.g.: academy of art School of Fine Arts

Envelope of possibly Marie Jordan, Marie Jordan (Possible), c. 1876 Empty envelope with annotation. paper writing (processes) letter, envelope

J.A.D. Ingres, calling card ca. 1824-67 Anonymous F. C. Schang donated 64 artists calling cards to The Met between 1977 and 1989. The calling cards are housed in an album that also includes Schangs collection of stamps and other related ephemera. Calling cards derived from a custom, originating in England, in which messages were inscribed on the backs of playing cards. Cards made for the express purpose of sharing hand-written messages were manufactured beginning in the eighteenth century; by the early-nineteenth century, calling cards had become a popular means for sending well wishes, holiday greetings, condolences, and messages of courtship. On this calling card, Ingres sends his "sincere congratulations" to the recipient.. J.A.D. Ingres, calling card. Anonymous. ca. 1824-67. Engraving

Adeline Blanchard Tyler, Civil War nurse in Baltimore, Chester, Pennsylvania, and Annapolis, Maryland / Brady, New York ; Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington D.C.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Tyler, Adeline Blanchard, 1805-1875, Nurses, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women.

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Photo collection Deli Society. Deli Batavia Rubber Society (December 1922). Cover sheet album. Inscription "Shooting of Bandar Negri, Sarang Gitin and Poeloe Tagor made in December 1922". December 1922. Deli, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Adeline Blanchard Tyler, Civil War nurse in Baltimore, Chester, Pennsylvania, and Annapolis, Maryland / Brady, New York ; Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington D.C. | Library of Congress

Valentine envelope 1860-1869 United States. Pen and black ink on ivory wove paper .

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Portrait of Alma Verdini, Actress. Portrait of Alma Verdini, Actress. Business card (verso). Photograph of Emile TOURTIN. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.

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Edouard Manet, calling card ca. 1856-83 Anonymous F. C. Schang donated 64 artists calling cards to The Met between 1977 and 1989. The calling cards are housed in an album that also includes Schangs collection of stamps and other related ephemera. Calling cards derived from a custom, originating in England, in which messages were inscribed on the backs of playing cards. Cards made for the express purpose of sharing hand-written messages were manufactured beginning in the eighteenth century; by the early-nineteenth century, calling cards had become a popular means for sending well wishes, holiday greetings, condolences, and messages of courtship.. Edouard Manet, calling card. Anonymous. ca. 1856-83. Engraving

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Sketchbook with 91 sheets. Sketchbook consisting of 91 blades with figures to paintings by Avercamp, from Battem, van der Ulft, Lingelbach, Wouwerman, van der Helst, De Hoogh, Metsu and the White. Also architecture studies, among others in Amsterdam, district at Duurstede and Workum.

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Fryderyk Chopin's visiting ticket: F: Chopin. | 4. St. James's Place.; Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849), 1848 (1815-00-00-1825-00-00);Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849), business card

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U.S.S. Genesee at Baton Rouge, La., March 1863. Civil War Photograph Collection . Steamboats, Union, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, 1860-1870, Government vessels, Union, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, 1860-1870, Rivers, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union, Louisiana, Baton Rouge.

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Ruins of the Old Spanish Fort, Smith's plantation, Port Royal Island, South Carolina. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Piers & wharves, South Carolina, Port Royal, 1860-1870 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, South Carolina, Port Royal

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Note regarding Jan Poortenaar, Anonymous, 1932 paper. ink writing (processes) / pen

Collection of views, monuments, costumes , other remarkable objects from Vienna and its surroundings published in Vienna at Artaria and, Companies, Delivery, - Titelblatt

Nurse and singer Elida (Rumsey) Fowle and her husband John Allen Fowle possibly on their wedding day, in front of an American flag / J.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljwoch, pp/liljpaper. Fowle, John Allen, Fowle, Elida Rumsey, 1842-1919, Flags, American, 1860-1870, Nurses, Union, 1860-1870, Singers, 1860-1870, Spouses, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women, Union.

On Lookout Mountain, looking towards Hooker's Camp. Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe. Trees, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain, 1860-1870, Lookout Mountain (Tenn.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Portrait of Blanche de Varennes, dancer from 1872 to 1884. Portrait of Blanche de Varennes, dancer from 1872 to 1884. Business card (verso). Photograph of Gaston & Mathieu. Draw on albuminum, around 1871-1871.

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Man partially identified as J.F. Sears, possibly a staff member or patient at General Hospital, Camp Butler, Illinois, or associate of M.J. Amanda Kellogg / D.E. Smith, photographer, Oneida Community, New York. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Kellogg, M. J. Amanda, Friends & associates, Men, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

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General Robert Edward Lee of the Confederate States Infantry Regiment in uniform / P.E. Gibbs, Photographist, 1427, Main Street, Whitehurst's Old Stand, Richmond, Virginia. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Lee, Robert E, (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

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View on Walker's Plantation, Port Royal Island, South Carolina. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Oaks, South Carolina, Port Royal, 1860-1870, African Americans, Children, South Carolina, Port Royal, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, South Carolina, Port Royal

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Review of the return'd veterans, Philadelphia, main stand, Broad & Market Sts.. Title from item, American Views. Reviewing stands, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1860-1870, Veterans, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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Mansion House Hospital, Mansion House Hotel before and after the Civil War, Alexandria, Virginia / Bowdoin, Taylor & Co., 204 King, cor. Columbus Street, Alexandria, Va. | Library of Congress

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Lettering for the print of Dirk Tulp, 1880 - 1911 drawing Netherlands paper. pencil

Grace Church General Hospital, 207-209 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, Virginia, with wounded soldiers in front / Bowdoin, Taylor & Co., 204 King, cor. Columbus Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Hospitals, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Episcopal churches, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union.

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Reception of the Japanese Embassy, New-York, June 16, 1860. Military going down | Library of Congress

General Sherman's head quarters, Savannah, Ga.. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-3540. Military headquarters, Union, Georgia, Savannah, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Georgia, Savannah.

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Album with performances of trees, buildings and landscapes, 1816 print. album Album with performances of trees, buildings and landscapes. 36 stone prints on 18 sheets. Cover of blue paper. paper

Portrait of F�licien David (1810-1876), (Composer) Portrait of F�licien David (1810-1876), Composer. Business card (verso). Draw on albuminum paper. 1861. Anonymous photography.

Street in Atlanta, Ga.. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative may be available: LC-B811-3609. Atlanta Campaign, 1864, Houses, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Churches, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Streets, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Georgia, Atlanta.

Gen'l. J.E.B. Stuart, modelled by Edward V. Valentine / Anderson & Co.'s Photographic Art Palace, 1311 Main Street opposite Mitchell & Tyler's, Richmond, Virginia. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864, Statues, Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, Sculpture, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

Mission House, Hospital, no. 11, Beaufort, South Carolina. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Houses, South Carolina, Beaufort, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, South Carolina, Beaufort.

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Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Victor Hugo notebook. Draft drawings. Between 1856 and 1870. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Notebook, drawing, writing, French writer, brown ink

Interior of Fort Sumpter i.e. Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina April 14th, 1865, pending the ceremony of raising the old flag. Title from item, Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-3139A, left, and LC-B811-3139B, right. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives from the studio of Mathew Brady in exchange for photographic supplies, Purchase; Russell Norton; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012: 069). Victory celebrations, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Crowds, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peace, South Carolina, Charleston, Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.), 1860-1870.

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Spottswood (i.e. Spotswood) Hotel. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Virginia, Richmond

Tunker (i. e. Dunker) Church, on battle field of Antietam. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative may be available: LC-B815-573. Churches, Maryland, Antietam, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Maryland, Antietam, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862.

Mansion House Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia / Bowdoin, Taylor & Co., 204 King, cor. Columbus Street, Alexandria, Va. | Library of Congress

Burnside Bridge, from the south-east. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative may be available: LC-B817-7930. Stone bridges, Maryland, 1860-1870, Rivers, Maryland, 1860-1870, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Maryland, Antietam, Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.)

E. J. Larrabee & Co. Manufacturers of Biscuits. Albany, N. Y.. E. J. Larrabee & Co. Manufacturers of Biscuits. Albany, N. Y.

Belle Island, James River. Civil War Photograph Collection . Islands, Virginia, 1860-1870, Rivers, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, James River (Va.), 1860-1870, Richmond (Va.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Detention facilities, Confederate, Virginia, Richmond.

Italy, Minor States, 1796-1798. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

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George Cruikshank, calling card ca. 1830-78 Anonymous F. C. Schang donated 64 artists calling cards to The Met between 1977 and 1989. The calling cards are housed in an album that also includes Schangs collection of stamps and other related ephemera. Calling cards derived from a custom, originating in England, in which messages were inscribed on the backs of playing cards. Cards made for the express purpose of sharing hand-written messages were manufactured beginning in the eighteenth century; by the early-nineteenth century, calling cards had become a popular means for sending well wishes, holiday greetings, condolences, and messages of courtship.. George Cruikshank, calling card. Anonymous. ca. 1830-78. Engraving

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The Citadel & the Southern Military Academy, Charleston, South Carolina / photographed by W.E. James.. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, South Carolina, Charleston

Weekly Illustrowany - Vilnius, vignette project; Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936); 1. W. 20th century (1900-00-00-1925-00-00);Partage Plus, Vilnius (Lithuania), press (publishing houses), vignette projects, purchase (provenance)

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