Americana Collection

Sentry plant or American aloe, Agave americana
Sentry plant, century plant, maguey or American aloe, Agave americana, Agave. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

South Africa (XIX). Zulu Kingdom (1883). Restoration Cettewayo, king of the Zulus. Cetewayo attends the ceremony indaba conference to meet the Induna (Zulu and Xhosa leaders)

Federico Cattani Amadori (1856-1943). Colored engraving
Federico Cattani Amadori (1856-1943). Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura (1924-1935). Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877. Colored

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Engraving. Colored
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). Explorer and navigator genoese. Columbus taking possession of the island of San Salvador. Engraving by Martin Rico after a painting of Isidro Gil

Incandescent giant lamp, model of the Edison type bulb. Expo
Incandescent giant lamp, twelve feet high, mounted on a pedestal crowned by a model of the Edison type bulb, increased 20, 000 times

Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Engraving. Colored
Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish conqueror of Mexico. Engraving by A. Carretero in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1884. Colored

Antilopina antelopes
Antilopina: four-horned antelope, Tetracerus quadricornis 1, black wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou 2, sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekii 3, pronghorn, Antilocapra americana 4, waterbuck

Listening to an early Telephone Receiver
Listening to an early telephone receiver. " A Word to the Wise is Sufficient." Date: circa 1903

Horseback Red Indian hunting buffalo with bow and arrow. Date: circa 1890s

Il Leone di Caprera. Sailing schooner of 9 meters of length that crewed by three Italians wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a sextant as the only guide

Cecilio Acosta (1818-1881). Venezuelan writer and historian
Cecilio Acosta (1818-1881). Venezuelan politician, historian and writer. Illustration by Badillo. Engraving by Carretero. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1881. Date: 2018

Spain, Madrid. Exhibition of men's clothing, held by the Society of Master Tailors (Sociedad de Maestros de Sastre) La Confianza. It took place at the end of November 1881

Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1838-1913). Politician
Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1838-1913). Spanish politician. Spain, Madrid. Banquet of the Partido Democratico-Monarquico in the Theater of La Alhambra, November 14, 1881

Spain, Asturias, Oviedo. Panoramic of the city. Illustration by Cuevas. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1881. Date: 2018

Journey of the King and Queen of Spain to Galicia (August 9, 1881). Galicia, La Coruna province, Ferrol. The corvette Tornado, leading to King Alfonso XII and Queen Maria Cristina

Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona province. The Strike of Igualada. Striking workers from the textile workshops, in the act of being harangued by their president. Engraving by Vela

La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration). Illustrated magazine published in Madrid between 1869 and 1921

Spain, Madrid. Royal Palace. Ceremony of imposing the insignia of the Cross of the Victory to the Princess of Asturias, on the April 9, 1881

Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century

Castle and Lake Starnberg, last residence and place of the d
Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886). King of Bavaria. Castle and Lake Starnberg, last residence and place of his death. Engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1886. Colored

The Student Prince of Denmark scene from Americana at the Belmont Theatre, New York (1926) Date: 1926

A scene from Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, New York (1926) Date: 1926

Northern shrike, yellow-breasted chat, loggerhead
Northern shrike, Lanius borealis 1, yellow-breasted chat, Icteria virens 2, loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus.3 and gray-cheeked thrush, Catharus minimus 4

Great crested flycatcher, eastern phoebe, eastern
Great crested flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus 1, eastern phoebe, Sayornis phoebe 2, eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens 3, and acadian flycatcher, Empidonax virescens 4

Red-breasted nuthatch and purple martin
Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis, male 1, and purple martin, Progne subis, male 2, and female 3. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry

Mammee apple, Mammea americana. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens
Allegheny pachysandra or Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbens, Pachisandra distesa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Horse mussels
Tulip mussel, Modiolus americanus (Modiola americana), bearded horse mussel, Modiolus barbatus (Modiola gibbsii), and bent mussel (Modiola incurvata)

Roseate spoonbill and American wood ibis
Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, and American wood ibis or wood stork, Mycteria americana (Spoonbill or shoveler and jabiru or crane of Guiana)

Limes, peppers, mammy apple and nuts
Limes, Zanthoxylum fagara A, varieties of Capsicum annuum: cayenne pepper B, pimento pepper C, and chili pepper or dago peepee D, and mammee or mammy apple, Mammea americana E, pistachio nut

Ostrich, bustard, cassowary and rhea
Ostrich c, Struthio camelus, great bustard a, Otis tarda, southern cassowary b, Casuarius casuarius, and greater rhea d, Rhea americana

American aloe, Agave americana. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Cockroach, bee and cerambyx beetle
American cockroach, Blatta americana, common black cockroach, Blatta orientalis, bumble bee, Bombylius major, early humble bee, Bombylius medius, and leathery cerambyx beetle, Cerambyx coriarius

African clawed frog and Surinam toad
African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis 1, and Surinam toad, Pipa pipa 2. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Jack knife-fish, Equetus lanceolatus (Knight fish, Eques americana). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Adonis, columbine, clematis and hepatica species
Spring adonis, Adonis vernalis, feathery columbine, Thalictrum aquilegifolium, entire-leaved clematis, Clematis integrifolia, common hepatica, Hepatica triloba, and American hepatica

Pronghorn or prong-horned antelope, Antilocapra americana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Dickcissel, Spiza americana (Black-throated bunting, Emberiza americana). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

American avocet, Recurvirostra americana. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Wood stock, Mycteria americana (American jabiru). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

White-tipped plantcutter, Phytotoma rutile Phytolacca americana, American pokeweed. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Bearded bellbird, Procnias averano, and American avocet, Recurvirostra americana. Handcoloured steel engraving from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d Histoire Naturelle

Red brocket, Mazama americana rufa
Red brocket or guazu pita, Mazama americana rufa (Pita brocket, Cervus rufus). Handcoloured engraving by Thomas Landseer after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in the Paris

American pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (Virginian poke, Phytolacca decandra). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Exotic antlion lacewings and fishfly
Antlion lacewing species: Palpares libelluloides 1, Euptilon ornatum 2, fishfly species, Chauliodes pectinicornis 3, and lacy wings, Vella americana 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Exotic insects
Jewel bug, Poecilocoris druraei 1, 5, Galerita americana 2, snout weevil, Brenthus minutus 3, magnified 7, and Casnonia longicollis, natural size 4, magnified 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Great American aloe, Agave americana (Great American aloe, with variegated leaves, Agave americana var. foliis variegatis)

Jamaican forget-me-not, amethyst flower, or bush violet, Browallia americana (Tall browallia, Browallia elata). Handcolured copperplate engraving

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