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Great Falls of the Potomac. Engraved from a large print by permission of Mr. Nightingale.
Printed in London, 1812.

A Guide to Engravings
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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BOOKS ................................................................................................................ 3
NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS COLLECTION ..................................... 5
WORKS OF ENGRAVERS ................................................................................. 12

BOOKS
Bliss, Douglas. A History of Wood-Engraving. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1928.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 1030.B5
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Blum, Andre. The Origins of Printing and Engraving. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons,
1940.
Call Number: Special Collections Z 126.B657
Brown, Louise. Bock Printing & Book Illustration in Japan. London: G. Routledge & Sons,
1924.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 1184.B7 f
Chatto, William. A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical, with Upwards of Four
Hundred Illustrations Engraved on Wood by John Jackson. London: Chatto and Windus, 1861.
Call Number: Special Collections N 1030.C55 1861
Dyson, Anthony. Pictures to Print: The Nineteenth Century Engraving Trade. London: Farrand
Press, 1984.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 628.D97 1984
Fielding, T.H. The Art of Engraving, with the Various Modes of Operation, under the Following
Different Divisions: Etching, Soft-Ground Etching, Line Engraving, Chalk and Stipple, Aquatint,
Mezzotint, Lithography, Wood Engraving, Medallic Engraving, Electrography and Photography…
London: M.A. Nattali, 1844.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 830.F4 1844
Glaser, Curt. Die Graphik der Neuzeit, vom Anfang des XIX. Berlin: bei Bruno Cassirer,
1922.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 430.G6
Goldman, Paul. Victorian Illustrated Books, 1850-1870: The Heyday of Wood-Engraving.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1994.
Call Number: Special Collections Z 1023.G65 1994
Hamerton, Philip. The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing, Painting, and
Engraving in Comparison with Each Other and with Nature. London: Seeley, Jackson, and
Halliday, 1882.
Call Number: Special Collections N 7430.H32 1882 f

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Hamilton, Sinclair. Early American Book Illustrators and Wood Engravers, 1670-1870.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968.
Call Number: Special Collections Z 1023.P9 1968
Hind, Arthur. A History of Engraving & Etching from the 15 th
Century to the Year 1914. New
York: Dover Publications, 1963.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 400.H66 1963
Hitchcock, Ripley. Etching in America. New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1886.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 2003.H7
Kainen, Jacob. Why Bewick Succeeded: A Note in the History of Wood Engraving. Washington:
Smithsonian Institution, 1959.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 1143.5.B48 K34 1959
Keppel, Frderick. The Golden Age of Engraving: A Specialist’s Story about Fine Prints. New
York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1910.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 860.K3
Linton, W.J. American Wood Engraving: A Victorian History. Watkins Glen: American Life
Foundation & Study Institute, 1976.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 1103.L762 1976 f
Maggs Bros. A Selection of Books, Manuscripts, Engravings and Autograph Letters Remarkable for
Their Interest & Rarity. London: s.n., 1928.
Call Number: Special Collections KIEV Z 999.M195 1928 no. 500
McMurtrie, Douglas. A Typographer’s View of the Photo-Engraving Industry with Some
Constructive Suggestions for More Effective Cooperation with Letterpress Printers. Chicago: Privately
Printed, 1941.
Call Number: Special Collections TR 970.M3
Mosel, Eric. Computer-Assisted Engraving with N.C. Machine Tools. M. Sc. Thesis, George
Washington University, 1987.
Call Number: Special Collections AS 36.G3 1987

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New York Public Library. One Hundred Notable American Engravers, 1863-1850. New York:
The Public Library, 1928.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 42.N4 N4 1928
Rostenberg, Leona. English Publishers in the Graphic Arts, 1599-1700: A Study of the
Printsellers & Publishers of Engravings, Art, & Architectural Manuals, Maps & Copy-Books.
New York: B. Franklin, 1963.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 2802.R6
Schiller, Eli. Jerusalem & the Holy Land in Old Engravings and Illustrations (1483-1800).
Jerusalem: Ariel, 1981.
Call Number: Special Collections DS 109.2.J47
Stauffer, David. American Engravers upon Copper and Steel. New Castle: Oak Knoll Books,
1994.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 505.S8 1994
Struck, Hermann. Die Kunst des Radierens: Ein Handbuch. Berlin: P. Cassirer, 1908.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 850.S7 1908
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. History of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 1862-
1962. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964.
Call Number: Special Collections HG 573.A4 1964
Vail, Elizabeth. Woodcuts. s.l.: s.n., 1977.
Call Number: Special Collections AS 36.G3 1977
Wroth, Lawrence and Marion Adams. American Woodcuts and Engravings, 1670-1800.
Providence: Associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1946.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 505.W7
NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS COLLECTION
Call Number: Special Collections Graphic Collection 20
John Chester Buttre
Most of the 173 engravings in the collection were done by John Chester Buttre, who
was born in Auburn, New York on June 30, 1821, and died in Ridgewood, New Jersey

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on December 2, 1893. He studied drawing with an artist named Hulaniski in Auburn
and tried his hand at portrait-painting, with little success. He then focused on woodengraving
and founded a successful business in Auburn. After moving to New York
in 1841, he became well-known as a line-engraver, with much of his work during this
time appearing in magazines. Later, Buttre established his own engraving business in
New York where he continued engraving until his death, supposedly having
completed almost 3000 plates with his name.
George B. Ellis
George B. Ellis studied under Francis Kearny of Philadelphia in 1821 and founded an
engraving business there in 1825, which lasted until 1837. He is best known for his
small “Annual”plates, portraits, as well as copies of English engravings, which he did
for an edition of Ivanhoe. Nothing is known about his life after 1837, as his name
vanishes from the Philadelphia directories in 1838.
Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede
Joseph Napoleon Gimbrede was born at West Point, New York, in 1820. The son of
Thomas Gimbrede, an engraver and drawing-master at West Point Military Academy,
he actually learned the art of engraving from his uncle, J. F. E. Prud’homme. In 1841-
1845, he went into business in New York, engraving portraits and subject plates. He
then became a stationer for the Metropolitan hotel.
Henry Bryan Hall
Henry Bryan Hall was born in London in 1808 and died at Morrisania, N.Y. in 1884.
He studied engraving in London, under Benjamin Smith and Henry Meyer. He then
worked for H.T. Ryall, Historical Engraver to the Queen, to do portrait work on the
plate of “The Coronation of Victoria,” from a painting by Sir George Hayter. In 1850,
he moved to New York, where he went into business as an engraver, as well as a
publisher of portraits. Hall was also a very good portrait-painter and painted a portrait
of Napoleon III in London and, while in the United States, of Thomas Sully and C.L.
Elliot. He etched many portraits of men of historical prominence during the Colonial
and Revolutionary period of the United States. These were done for a group of
private collectors of New York and Philadelphia. Hall also painted miniatures on
ivory.
W. G. Jackman
W. G. Jackman was originally from England, but came to the United States in 1841,
where he established a business in New York. He did most of his work for the
Harpers, Putnams and Appletons, all New York publishers. He excelled as an
engraver of portraits and subject plates, using the stipple and the line methods.
Jackman also did a few portraits using the mezzotint technique for Harper & Brothers.
George Edward Perine
George Edward Perine was born in South Orange, Essex Co. in 1837 and died in
Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1885. In 1852, he began engraving for Thomas Doney in New
York and in 1856-1858 for W.W. Rice, a line and bank-note engraver. He engraved in

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mezzotint a large plate, entitled “The Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the
Mayflower,” before he was nineteen years old. He was employed by New York
engravers in 1858-1860 and in 1860 began engraving on his own and soon established
a successful business in New York City. He mainly did portrait engraving and though
he had many engravers in his employ, it is said that he finished every plate himself.
Alexander Hay Ritchie
Alexander Hay Ritchie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1822. He was a pupil of Sir
William Allan, with whom he studied drawing in Edinburgh. He came to New York
in 1841, he learned engraving and established a sizable business. He was a skilled
portrait engraver in mezzotint and also painted in oils. He began exhibiting his work
at the Academy in 1848, became an Associate in 1863 and an Academician of the
National Academy of Design in 1871.
Augustus Robin
Augustus Robin was born in New York to French parents and was a skilled portrait
engraver, who worked for John Chester Buttre for almost forty years.
Hezekiah Wright Smith
Hezekiah Wright Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1828, and came to New
York when he was five years old. He studied under Thomas Doney and was a very
skilled engraver of portraits in line and stipple. He was an associate of Joseph
Andrews in Boston in 1850 and in 1870-1877 found employment in New York. In
1877, Smith situated himself in Philadelphia, doing much of his work there. However,
he left the city very suddenly in April of 1879 and was never heard from again. His
noted plates are those of Daniel Webster, Edward Everett and a head of Washington
from the Athenaeum head by Stuart. The head of Washington is reportedly the best
engraving ever done from this portrait.
Container List
Box 1:
Folder:
1. Adams, John Quincy
2. Anderson, Brig. Gen. Robert
3. Andrew, John A. - Governor of Massachusetts
4. Asboth, Brig. Gen. A.
5. Augur, Maj. Gen. C.C.
6. Baker, Col. Edward D.
7. Banks, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P.
8. Beauregard, Maj. Gen. P.T.
9. Beecher, Henry Ward
10. Berdan, Col. H.

11. Berry, Maj. Gen. Hiram G.
12. Blenker, Maj. Gen. Louis
13. Blunt, Maj. Gen. James G.
14. Brittan, S.B. Jr.
15. Brownlow, William G.
16. Buell, Brig. Gen. Don Carlos
17. Burnside, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E.
18. Butler, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F.
19. Butterfield, Maj. Gen. Daniel
20. Carr, Col. Jos. B.
21. Casey, Brig. Gen. Silas
22. Clay, Maj. Gen. Cassius M.
23. Clay, Henry - birth place
24. Clay, Henry - younger man
25. Clay, Henry
26. Cooper, James Fenimore
27. Cooper, Peter
28. Corcoran, Col. Michael
29. Couch, Maj. Gen. Darius N.
30. Cox, Brig. Gen. J. Dolson
31. Cozzens, Frederick
32. Crawford, Brig. Gen. S.W.
33. Curtis, George M.
34. Curtis, Maj. Gen. Samuel R.
35. Dahlgren, Rear Adm. John A.
36. Davies Jr., Brig. Gen. Henry E.
37. Davis, Com. Charles H.
38. Davis, Jefferson
39. Dayton, William L.
40. Dix, Maj. Gen. John A.
41. Doubleday, Brig. Gen. Abner
42. Douglas, Stephen A.
43. Dupont, Com. Samuel F.
44. Duryee, Brig. Gen. Abram
45. Earl, Col. Seth C.
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46. Ellsworth, E.E.
47. Everett, Edward
48. Farragut, Rear Adm. David G.
49. Field, Cyrus W.
50. Fillmore, Millard
51. Foot, Capt. John
52. Foote, Com. Andrew H.
53. Foster, Maj. Gen. John C.
54. Franklin, Benjamin
55. Franklin, Maj. Gen. William B.
56. Fremont, Maj. Gen. John C.
57. Fuller, Rev. Arthur B.
58. Garfield, Brig. Gen. James A.
59. Generals of Our Army, 1861
60. Goldsborough, Com. Louis M.
61. Governors of New England States, 1862
62. Grant, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S.
63. Grant, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S.
64. Grover, Brig. Gen. Cuvier
65. Hale, John P. - late U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
66. Halleck, Maj.Gen. Henry Wager
67. Hamlin, Hanibal
68. Hancock, Maj. Gen. W.S.
69. Hartsuff, Maj. Gen. George L.
70. Hathaway, Col. Gilbert
71. Hawkins, Col. Rush C.
72. Heintzelman, Brig. Gen. Samuel P.
73. Herron, Maj. Gen. F.J.
74. Hitchcock, Maj. Gen. E.A.
75. Holt, Joseph - Senator from Kentucky
76. Holmes, Oliver Wendell
77. Hooker, Maj. Gen. Joseph
78. Houston, Sam
79. Howard, Maj. Gen. O.O.
80. Hunter, Maj. Gen. David
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Box 2:
Folder:
81. Irving, Washington
82. Jackson, Andrew
83. Jaquess, Col. James F.
84. Kearney, Maj. Gen. Philip
85. Keyes, Maj. Gen. E.D.
86. Kilpatrick, Brig. Gen. Judson
87. Kirk, Edward N.
88. Lafayette
89. Lander, Brig. Gen.
90. Lee, Gen. Robert E
91. Lincoln, A.
92. Lincoln, A.
93. Lincoln, Abraham - early home
94. Longfellow, Henry W.
95. Lynch, Col. William F.
96. Lyon, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel
97. Mansfield, Brig. Gen. J.K.F.
98. Meade, Maj. Gen. George G.
99. Meagher, Col. Thomas Francis
100. Meagher, Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis
101. Meredith, Brig. Gen. S.A.
102. McCall, Brig. Gen. George
103. McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B.
104. McClellan, Maj. Gen. George B.
105. McClernand, Maj. Gen. John A.
106. McCook, Maj. Gen. A. McD.
107. McDowell, Brig. Gen. Irvin
108. McIlvaine, Rt. Rev. Bishop Charles P.
109. McNiel, Brig. Gen. John
110. McPherson, Maj. Gen. James B.
111. Mitchel, Maj. Gen. O.M.
112. Mulligan, Col. James A.
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113. Murphy, Paul
114. Officers of Our Navy, 1861
115. Ord, Maj. Gen. E.O.C.
116. Peabody, George
117. Peck, Maj. Gen. John J.
118. Pleasonton, Maj. Gen. A.
119. Pope, Maj. Gen. John
120. Porter, Comr. David D.
121. Porter, Com. William D.
122. Porter, Maj. Gen. Fitz John
123. Prentice, George
124. President and Cabinet
125. President and Generals, C.S.A.
126. Putnam, Lieut. Lowell
127. Reno, Maj. Gen. Jesse L.
128. Richardson, Maj. Gen. I.B.
129. Ricketts, Brig. Gen. James B.
130. Roberts, Brig. Gen. Benjamin Stone
131. Rosecrans, Brig. Gen. W.S.
132. Rousseau, Maj. Gen. L.H.
133. Schenk, Maj. Gen. Robert C.
134. Schurz, Brig. Gen Carl
135. Scott, Lieut. Gen. Winfield
136. Sedgwick, Maj. Gen John
137. Seward, William H.
138. Seymour, Horatio
139. Sherman, Maj. Gen. William T.
140. Shields, Brig. Gen. James
141. Sickles, Maj. Gen. Daniel E.
142. Sigel, Brig. Gen. Franz
143. Slemmer, Maj.
144. Slocum, Maj. Gen. Henry W.
145. Smith, Maj. Gen. William F.
146. Sprague, Maj. Gen. William - Gov. of Rhode Island
147. Stahel, Brig. Gen. Julius
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148. Stoneman, Maj. Gen. George
149. Stringham, Com. S.H.
150. Sumner, Charles
151. Sumner, Maj. Gen. Edwin V.
152. Sykes, Maj. Gen. George
153. Taylor, Zachary
154. Thomas, Maj. Gen. George H.
155. Tynge, Stephen H.
156. Viele, Brig. Gen. Robert L.
157. Von Schack, Col. George
158. Wadsworth, Brig. Gen. James S.
159. Wallace, Maj. Gen. Lewis
160. Wallace, Brig. Gen. W.H.L.
161. Ward, Brig. Gen. J.H. Hobart
162. Washington, George
163. Washington, Martha - from Stuart’s picture
164. Weber, Col. Max
165. Webster, Daniel
166. Welles, Gideon - Secretary of the Navy
167. Wilder, Marshall P.
168. Wilkes, Capt. Charles
169. Wilson, Col. Henry of Mass.
170. Winthrop, Maj. Theodore
171. Wool, Maj. Gen. John E.
172. Worden, Lieut. John L.
173. Wounded Soldier
WORKS OF ENGRAVERS
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Baker, William. The Engraved Portraits of Washington, with Notices of the Originals and Brief
Biographical Sketches of the Painters. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880.
Call Number: Special Collections E 312.43.B155

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Bewick, Thomas. Wood Engravings of Thomas Bewick, Reproduced in Collotype. London: Hart-
Davis, 1953.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 1212.B5 S8
Byron, George. Byron Gallery of Highly Finished Engravings: Illustrating Lord Byron’s Works.
New York: R. Martin, 1849.
Call Number: Special Collections PR 4377.M2
Douglas, Lester. Ecclesiastes, with a Wood Engraving and Eight Trial Drawings by Hans Foy.
Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1958.
Call Number: Special Collections BS 1473 1958 f
Eames, Marian. Dancing in Prints: A Portfolio of Twelve Etchings, Engravings, and Lithographs,
1634-1870. New York: New York Public Library, 1964.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 962.D3 N4 1964 ff
Gaspey, William. Tallis’s Illustrated London: In Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All
Nations…Illustrated by Upwards of Two Hundred Steel Engravings from Original Drawings and
Daguerrotypes. London: John Tallis and Co., 1851.
Call Number: Special Collections DA 679.G3 1851
Gill, Eric. The Engravings of Eric Gill. Wellingborough: C. Skelton, 1983.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 642.G5 A4 1983 f
Gower, Ronald. Sir Thomas Lawrence, with a Catalogue of the Artist’s Exhibited and Engraved
Works. London: Goupil, 1900.
Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.L4 G7 f
Gray, Francis Calley. Catalogue of the Collection of Engravings Bequeathed to Harvard College by
Francis Calley Gray. Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Co., 1869.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 53.H3 G8 f
Gray, Thomas. Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. London: Raven Press, 1938.
Call Number: Special Collections PR 3502.E5 1938
Hart, Charles. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington. New York: Grolier Club,
1904.
Call Number: Special Collections E 312.43.H32 f

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Hogarth, William. The Complete Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of One Hundred and Fifty
Superb Engravings on Steel, from the Original Pictures. London: London Printing and
Publishing Company, 18--.
Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.H7 A4 1800
Hogarth, William. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings. London: Jones,
1833.
Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.H7 A4 1833b
Horne, Thomas. Landscape Illustrations of the Bible: Consisting of Views of the Most Remarkable
Places Mentioned in the Old and New Testaments: From Original Sketches Taken on the Spot
Engraved by W. and E. Finden. London: J. Murray, 1836.
Call Number: Special Collections DS 108.5.H78 1836
Mitchell, S. Augustus. Engraved for the Gazeteer of the State of Virginia: Exhibiting its Internal
Improvements, Roads, Distances & C. Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell, 1835.
Call Number: Special Collections G 3880 1834.M57 BB
Mongan, Elizabeth. Rosenwald Collection: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions. Washington:
National Gallery of Art, 1950.
Call Number: Special Collections NE 42.W3 U2 f
Morse, Sidney. A System of Geography for the Use of Schools: Illustrated with more than Fifty
Cerographic Maps and Numerous Wood-Cut Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845.
Call Number: Special Collections G 125.M67 1845 f
Reynolds, Joshua and Samuel. Engravings from the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds… London:
Hodgson and Graves, 1838.
Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.R4 A3 f
Turner, J.M.W. The Turner Gallery: A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the
Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner, R.A. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879.
Call Number: Special Collections ND 497.T8 A44
Whipple, Wayne. The Story of the White House and Its Home Life: With Many Engravings and
Color Plates. Boston: Dwinnell-Wright, 1903.
Call Number: Special Collections F 204.W5 W5 1903

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Willis, Nathaniel. Picturesque American Scenery: A Series of Twenty-Five…Steel Engravings from
Designs by W.H. Bartlett, George L. Brown, and Thomas Moran. Boston: Estes and Lauriat,
1883.
Call Number: Special Collections E 165.W73 1883