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Title
Zachariah Poulson, Jr.
Description
Oil on canvas, Philadelphia. Librarian from 1785 to 1806. Commissioned from the artist.
Creator
Sully, Thomas, creator
Date
1843
Title
Works
Description
James Logan's copy, originally bound for Henry, Prince of Wales, with his arms and feather insignia.
Creator
Chaucer, Geoffrey, creator
Date
1602
Title
Works
Description
Given to the Loganian Library in 1776 by William Logan of Bristol. Inscribed in 1553 by John Dee, first English translator of Euclid.
Creator
Euclid, creator
Date
1533
Title
William Mackenzie
Description
Oil on canvas. After an original, now lost, given by Dr. James Abercrombie in 1828.
Creator
Neagle, John, creator
Date
1829
Title
Views of Ancient Monuments
Description
Provenance: James Rush bequest, 1869.
Creator
Catherwood, Frederick, creator
Date
1844
Title
U. S. Constitution
Description
First printed draft. John Dickinson's copy with his manuscript notes. Gift of Robert R. Logan, 1943.
Date
August 7, 1787
Title
The Spectator
Description
Franklin's copy; gift of Zachariah Poulson, Jr., 1801. Franklin taught himself to write by copying the style of this English periodical.
Date
1711.
Title
Specimen of Printing Types
Description
The publisher Mathew Carey's copy; gift of Isaac Lea, ca. 1850.
Creator
Binney, Archibald and James Ronaldson, creator
Date
1812.
Title
The South East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia.
Description
Oil on canvas, ca. 1720. Gift of George Mifflin Dallas. The earliest painting of a North American city, found in a London curiosity shop in 1857.
Creator
Cooper, Peter, creator
Date
ca. 1720.
Title
Sketch of a Meschianza Costume
Description
The Meschianza was an extravagant fete orchestrated by Major André for the British officers on the eve of their withdrawal from Philadelphia., Provenance: Gift of John Fanning Watson, 1830.
Creator
André, John, creator
Date
1778.
Title
Selenographia
Description
With movable volvelles. Purchased 1955.
Creator
Hevelius, Johannes, creator
Date
1647
Title
Scrapbook
Description
Gift of John A. McAllister, 1886.
Creator
McAllister, John A., creator
Title
Rural Residences
Description
Gift of Anthony N. B. Garvan, 1978. Unique copy, with extra ink-and-wash plans.
Creator
Davis, Alexander Jackson, creator
Date
1837
Title
The Revolution, Vol. I, No. I.
Description
Inscribed to Lucretia Mott from Susan B. Anthony. Gift of Edward W. Davis, 1883.
Date
January 8, 1868.
Title
Poems
Description
Provenance: From the library of James Cox, 1834.
Creator
Keats, John, creator
Date
1817
Title
Plays and Poems
Description
Thomas McKean's copy, with stencilled American eagles, signed at the foot of the spines by the binder, John Lightbody of Philadelphia. Purchased 1954.
Creator
Shakespeare, William, creator
Date
1795-96
Title
Phasianidae
Description
Gift of Mrs. Wharton Sinkler, 1976.
Creator
Elliot, Daniel Girauad, creator
Date
1872
Title
Peace, Liberty, and Independence
Description
Only known copy of the first announcement of the preliminary peace agreement ending the Revolutionary War. Anonymous gift, 1992.
Date
1783
Title
Nos. 114 & 116 North Water St.
Description
From A Collection of Photographic Views in Philadelphia & Its Vicinity. Albumen print photograph. Purchased from the photographer, 1870.
Creator
Moran, John, creator
Date
1868.
Title
Nature Prints of Leaves
Description
Provenance: Gift of his widow.
Creator
Breintnall, Joseph, creator
Date
1746
Title
Musiciens d'un Calinda
Description
Ink and wash drawing. Du Simitière Collection, 1785.
Creator
Du Simitière, Pierre Eugéne, creator
Date
ca. 1760.
Title
Mummy's Hand.
Description
"Woman's Hand taken from an Egyptian Mummy: presented to the Library Company of Philadelphia by Mr. Benjamin West fomerly of this City, but now of London - Historical Painter - Novemr. 1767.", Provenance: Gift of the artist Benjamin West., The Library Company acknowledges that in the past it regarded the mummified hand as a curiosity, which is harmful and offensive. The Library Company aims to correct this by showing dignity and respect to the remains of a once living person.
Title
Motion Studies
Description
Photograph. Gift of Elizabeth G. Coates, 1982.
Creator
Eakins, Thomas, creator
Date
1884
Title
Minute Book
Description
Lists the number and value of books affected by the fire on January 6, 1831.
Date
March 1831.
Title
Minerva as the Patroness of American Liberty.
Description
Painted terra cotta, Philadelphia. This monumental sculpture loomed over the Speaker's chair in Congress Hall while the federal capital was in Philadelphia.
Creator
Ceracchi, Giuseppe, creator
Date
1791.
Title
Mechanick Exercises
Description
Franklin's copy of the first printer's manual. Purchased 1986.
Creator
Moxon, Joseph, creator
Date
1683
Title
Mas-has-kah, Chief of the Ioways-(White Cloud)
Description
Colored lithograph. Gift of John A. McAllister, 1884. A trial proof, never used, intended for Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
Creator
Childs, Cephas Grier, creator
Date
1830
Title
Manuscript Journal
Description
Page for November 1790 listing fees charged various patients, including the family of Vice President John Adams. James Rush bequest, 1869.
Creator
Rush, Benjamin, creator
Date
1790
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