Collection: American History

Peale, Charles Wilson “General Knox”

White, John Blake "Gen. Marion in His Swamp Encampment Inviting a British Officer to Dinner"

Goist, P. F. after W. L. Breton “First Railway Train in Pennsylvania, drawn by "Old Ironsides" the first Locomotive built in the United States. First trip, 23rd November 1832”

Unattributed [Medallion of Horatio Gates]

Robertson, A. “Commodore Truxton”

Unattributed “George Clinton”

Trumbull, John "Greene from an Original Painting”

Chappel, Alonzo “Battle of Germantown: Attack on Judge Chew’s House”

Chappel, Alonzo “Surrender of Col. Rall at the Battle of Trenton”

Rothermel, Peter F. "Patrick Henry Delivering His Celebrated Speech In The House of Burgesses, Virginia. A.D. 1765"

Klapp, Al[ban] Jer[emiah] “The Andersonville Stockade”

Leutze, Emmanuel “Sir Walter Raleigh Parting with His Wife”

King, Charles Bird “Tahchee. A Cherokee Chief”

Falter, John “Sailor Beware! Loose Talk Can Cost Lives”

Harris, Charles Xavier [Abraham Lincoln]

Stephens, Henry L. “Catamaran. Speel’s Owl.” [Charlotte Cushman, actress; Joseph Speel, Phila. Book binder] From "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Stephens, Henry L. “Catorn’s Warbler.” [Kate Horn, singer from New York] From "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Stephens, Henry L. “Night Hawk.” [lady of the night] From "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"