Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Library Collection Highlights
Books and Manuscripts
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Pages
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| The Birds of America, Royal Octavo edition, Volume 1, no. 12, plate 65, The Tyrant Flycatcher or King-Bird | MSS.royal.octavo.edition.vol1. | ||
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The case of our fellow-creatures, the oppressed Africans, : respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of the Legislature of Great Britain, by the people called Quakers.. | 1784 | LIB.Y1784.FriendsAfr |
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Abraham Lincoln: The War Years | 1939 | LIB.CT.L7.S23 |
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A Dissertation on the Influence of Climate on Longevity | 1846 | LIB.GF71.S65.1846 |
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Cato: A Trajedy | 1713 | LIB.PR.3304.C36.1713 |
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Groups of statuary | 1877 | LIB.NB237.R65.A41 |
| Continental Army, NY Regiment, 2nd Orderly Book | 1779 | MSS.BV.War.OrderlyBooks.1 | |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin Vol. 1 | 1852 | LIB.PS2954.U5.1852b | |
| The Birds of America | 1840-1844 | LIB.Y-q.1840.Audubon.Birds | |
| A Companion to the Heart of the Andes | 1859 | LIB.ND237.BoxC |
