John A Collection

J. A. Arneaux, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. A. Arneaux, 1887. African-American Shakespearean actor, journalist and civil rights activist John A. Arneaux was editor

General Quitman, 1849. Creator: Unknown
General Quitman, 1849. American lawyer, politician, and soldier John Anthony Quitman served as president of the Mississippi Senate and as Acting Governor of Mississippi. He was strongly pro-slavery

Still Life: Peaches and Grapes, ca. 1825. Creator: John Archibald Woodside
Still Life: Peaches and Grapes, ca. 1825

The Cuban insurrectionistss meeting in their headquarters, on the corner of Rector Street and Broa Artist
The Cuban insurrectionistss meeting in their headquarters, on the corner of Rector Street and Broadway, c1868, (1938). From Adventures of America 1857-1900, by John A

Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Artist: Theodore R Davis
Munitions Factory, Bridgeport, Connecticut, c1870s. Machines speeded up production after the Civil War. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

John A. Sleicher, Albany Evening Journal, from the American Editors series (N1) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1887

[President Abraham Lincoln, Major General John A. McClernand (right), and E. J. Allen (Allan Pinkerton, left), Chief of the Secret Service of the United States, at Secret Service Department

Two Elderly Men Conversing, ca. 1850. Creator: John Adams Whipple
Two Elderly Men Conversing, ca. 1850

Self-Portrait with Artists Brother, 1840s. Creator: John Adams Whipple
Self-Portrait with Artists Brother, 1840s

National Congregational Council at Plymouth Rock, June 22, 1865

Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters, 1854. Creator: John Adams Whipple
Self-Portrait with Wife and Two Daughters, 1854

The Moon, 1857-60. Creators: John Adams Whipple, James Wallace Black
The Moon, 1857-60

Hypnotism, ca. 1845. Creator: John Adams Whipple
Hypnotism, ca. 1845

J. A. Dahlgren, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Three men and a woman hanged for the assassination of Lincoln, c1865, (1938). Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt hanged for the assassination of Lincoln

Execution of slave trader Nathaniel Gordon in the Tombs prison in New York, 1862, (1938). Sentimental enthusiasm for notions of brotherhood of man found frequent

In the mansion of Robert W Barnwell at Beaufort, North Carolina, c1860, (1938). In the mansion of Robert W Barnwell at Beaufort, North Carolina

Role of Women in the War, 1861, (1938). Most of the women of the country, North and South, turned courageously to the tasks left by the men who had gone to fight

William Lloyd Garrison trying to hold a John Brown anniversary meeting in Tremont Temple, Boston, c1860, (1938). In February, 1858, Emerson wrote in his Journal

Coaches to resorts and hotels, c1859, (1938). Those who chose to avoid the elegance and formality of Newport and the great hotels at Saratoga (where $1, 500, 000 was spent annually)

Police Cartoon in the Weekly, c1859, (1938). From Adventures of America 1857-1900, by John A. Kouwenhoven. [Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1938]

The School for Scandal on opening night, January 4th, c1882, (1938). Artist: C Graham
The School for Scandal on opening night, January 4th, c1882, (1938). In 1882, Lester Wallack moved his company uptown to a new theatre.The picture represents the theater during the screen scene

Alexander Graham Bell and assistant use an electrical detector to find a bullet in the torso of ail Artist: W Shinkle
Alexander Graham Bell and assistant use an electrical detector to find a bullet in the torso of ailing US President James Garfield, 1881, c1882, (1938)

Wall Street, New York City, 1866, (1938). From Harpers Weekly Magazine, June 23, 1866. From Adventures of America 1857-1900, by John A

Driven to desperate measures by the ruthlessness of Northern domination, the white Southerners eagerly seized upon the possibilites inherent in the Ku Klux Klan, c1870, (1938)

John Brown Anniversary Meeting, Tremont Temple, 19th century
John Brown Anniversary Meeting, Tremont Temple, 1858. Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison holds a meeting. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Portrait of a man, 1872. Artist: John A O Neill
Portrait of a man, 1872. From A Childs History of the United States by John Gilmary Shea, published by Hess and McDavitt (New York, 1872)

Rear Admiral John Dahlgren, United States Navy, 1862-1867. Artist: J Rogers
Rear Admiral John Dahlgren, United States Navy, 1862-1867. An ordnance officer who designed several naval guns, Dahlgren (1809-1870)

Union Civil War Admirals Winslow, Goldsborough, Du Pont, Dahlgren and Stringham, 1862-1867. Artist: J Rogers
Union Civil War Admirals Winslow, Goldsborough, Du Pont, Dahlgren and Stringham, 1862-1867. An engraving from volume I of The War with the South : a History of the Late Rebellion, by Robert Tomes

Adjutant Frazar Augustus Stearns, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Adjutant Frazar Augustus Stearns, American soldier, (1872). Stearns was killed at Newbern on 14 March 1862, during the American Civil War

Colonel Charles Lambert Russel, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Colonel Charles Lambert Russel, American soldier, (1872). Union soldier Russel (1828-1862) was killed at Roanoke on 8 February 1862

Samuel Francis du Pont, American naval officer, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Samuel Francis du Pont, American naval officer, (1872). Du Pont (1803-1865) was a naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy

William Hervey Lamme Wallace, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
William Hervey Lamme Wallace, American soldier, (1872). Wallace (1821-1862) was considered by Ulyssess Grant to be one of the Unions greatest generals in the American Civil War

Henry Wager Halleck, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Henry Wager Halleck, American soldier, (1872). Halleck (1815-1872) was Union commander in chief and chief of staff during the American Civil War. He was also a scholar and lawyer

Edward Dickinson Baker, American politician, lawyer, and military leader, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Edward Dickinson Baker, American politician, lawyer, and military leader, (1872). Portrait of English-born Baker (1811-1861)

William Starke Rosecrans, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
William Starke Rosecrans, American soldier, (1872). Rosecrans (1819-1898) was a Union general during the American Civil War. He was also an inventor, businessman, diplomat and politician

Samuel Peter Heintzelman, US Army General, 1872. Artist: John A O Neill
Samuel Peter Heintzelman, US Army General, 1872. Heintzelman (1805-1880) served in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, the Cortina Troubles, and the American Civil War

Colonel John W Lowe, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Colonel John W Lowe, American soldier, (1872). Lowe, of the 12th Ohio Infantry, was killed at Carnifex Ferry om 10 September 10 1861

Theodore Winthrop, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Theodore Winthrop, American soldier, (1872). Winthrop (1828-1861) was killed at Great Bethel on 10 June 1861. At the Battle of Big Bethel he volunteered for General Ebenezer Pierces staff

Lieutenant Colonel James Haggerty, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Lieutenant Colonel James Haggerty, American soldier, (1872). Haggerty, a Union soldier, was killed at the Battle of Bull Run on 21 July 1861

Captain Elisha N Jones, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Captain Elisha N Jones, American soldier, (1872). Jones (1819-1861) was killed at the Battle of Bull Run on 21 July 1861. The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas

Colonel Noah Lane Farnham, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Colonel Noah Lane Farnham, American soldier, (1872). Union soldier Farnham (1829-1861) was killed at the Battle of Bull Run

Charles McCook, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Charles McCook, American soldier, (1872). McCook (1843-1861), an 18-year-old Union soldier, was killed at Bull Run, 21 July 1861

Nathaniel Lyon, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Nathaniel Lyon, American soldier, (1872). Lyon (1818-1861) was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War

Major-General Philip Kearny, American soldier, (1872). Artist: John A O Neill
Major-General Philip Philip Kearny, American soldier, (1872). Union soldier Philip Kearny (1815-1862) was killed on 1 September 1862 at Chantilly, Virginia

Commodore Andrew Hull Foote, American naval officer, late 19th century. Artist: John A O Neill
Commodore Andrew Hull Foote, American naval officer, late 19th century. Foote (1806-1863) served in the Union Navy in the American Civil War

Blackville, 1878. Artist: Solomon Eytinge
Blackville, 1878. Part of a series: a post-emancipation debate on Darwinism. African Americans are here caricatured in a racist fashion as illiterate and ape-like

Electricity In The Art Of Healing, 1881. Artist: W Shinkle
Electricity In The Art Of Healing, 1881. US President James Garfield has medical attention from an electrical detector. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

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