Antique Print of the Interior of Lund Cathedral by Sandberg, c.1864

Antique print titled 'Porphyr Vas'. View of the giant Porphyry vase of Rosendal Palace, a Swedish palace pavilion located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm. This print or...

Antique print titled 'Gripsholm II'. View of the interior of Gripsholm Castle, a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. This print originates from 'Ett år i Sverige' by J.G. Sand...

Antique print titled 'Aix-La-Chapelle Cathedral'. Old print of Aachen Cathedral, a Roman Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aachen. This ...

Antique print titled 'West Front of the Cathedral at Rheims'. Old print of Reims Cathedral, a Roman Catholic cathedral in the French city of the same n...

Antique print titled 'Ierfsö II'. Costume print of Järvsö (Jarse), Hälsingland, Sweden. This print originates from 'Ett år i Sverige' by J.G. Sandberg Artists and Engravers: Publi...

Antique print titled 'Mora I'. Costume print of Mora, Dalarna, Sweden. This print originates from 'Ett år i Sverige' by J.G. Sandberg. Artists and Engravers: Published by Sandberg...

Panorama of the seat of war. Bird's-eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. This third state of this fascinating bird's eye view of the northernmost p...

A Victorian framed print of "Balance of Sail" by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen. The bottom of the print is inscribed: LONDON. PUBL...

This 1865 engraving features the Emancipation Proclamation in elaborate calligraphic text, with five patriotic vignettes and a small portrait...

A Victorian framed print of "SCREW STEAM SHIP WATER BALLAST HOLDS & CARGO TRADER" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. From John Scott...

Presented is a Proclamation of Emancipation wood engraving by W. Roberts. The engraving was published in 1864, just one year after President Abraham Lincoln signed the original Proclamation. W. Roberts was the artist and engraver and Corydon Alexis Alvord was the printer. The engraving was published by R. A Dimmick, in New York, 1864. The text of the Proclamation is set in a variety of typefaces, which is encased in a pictorial border. The border is decorated with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and seven other vignettes, including the horrors of slavery at left, the bombardment of Fort Sumter at bottom, and scenes from a prosperous and united nation at right. On September 22, 1862, five days after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by January 1, freedom would be granted to slaves within those states. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1, 1863 Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation...

A Victorian framed print of "PADDLE WHEELS & SCREW PROPELLERS" by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Plate from The Modern System of Naval...