Text framed by arcade from BL Add 26897, f. 121v
The body of the main text is framed by an angular arcade decorated with geometric design, at the morning prayer for Yom Kippur. Image taken from f. 121v of Festival prayer book (~mahzor~) for Rosh ha-Shanah, Yo... More
Initial words from BL Add 26878, f. 11v
Decorated initial word accompanied by a dragon in the main text; decorated initial-word panel and initial word in the marginal texts. Image taken from f. 11v of Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's commen... More
Dragon from BL Add 26878, f. 11v
Detail of a page: decorated initial word accompanied by a dragon in the main text; decorated initial-word panel in the marginal text. Image taken from f. 11v of Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos and Rashi's commen... More
Decorated initial-word from BL Add 26878, f. 57
Initial word of the main text ~wa-yedabber~ (and [God] spoke) decorated by foliate scrolls and hybrid heads. The initial word of the Targumic text is decorated with the head of a dragon and a man, at the beginn... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Landa (center), a cadre member
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Landa (center), a cadre member at the Warrior Transition Unit on Fort Bliss, runs through an exercise drill in the boxing ring at the Wolves Den, El Paso Texas, July 29. A native of El... More
A fresh Maine balsam wreath adorns the monument to
A fresh Maine balsam wreath adorns the monument to the 5th Maine Battery on cemetery ridge as it stands watch over the Gettysburg battlefield July 15. Similar wreaths lay on every monument to honor fallen Maine... More
Bourbon, Duc du Maine, Louis I. Auguste de
1728 / 1767
Bourbon, Duc du Maine, Louis I. Auguste de
1728 / 1767
Bourbon, Duc du Maine, Louis I. Auguste de
1728 / 1767
Jug, North and Central America
Probably made in Maine, United States
Pitcher, North and Central America
Made in Portland, Maine, United States
Plan of 50 townships to be sold by lottery lying between the rivers Pe...
Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. "NB. All the townships within the red line are ordered for sale by lottery." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 832 Available also through the Library of Congre... More
An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...
Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... More
Old Massachusetts House built 1718, Camden, Maine
Photograph of the Old Massachusetts House in Northport, one of Maine's earliest homesteads. Built in 1718, it stood on Route 1 less than a mile north of Ducktrap.
Bourbon, Duc du Maine, Louis I. Auguste de
Stecher: Drevet, Pierre (1663) Datierung: 1690 / 1720
The harbour of Casco Bay and islands adjacent nautical chart
For many years English settlers in coastal Maine were targets for attack by the French-backed Abenaki and other indigenous groups. Consequently, Southack made many trips to Casco Bay, including one in 1702, whe... More
Allegorical Homage to the Duc du Maine, Grand Maître de l'Artillerie
Antoine Dieu (French, Paris 1662–1727 Paris)
Armchair, 18th century
Possibly made in Maine, United States; Possibly made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Bourbon, Duc du Maine, Louis I. Auguste de
1690 / 1750
Survey of the River St. Johns from Fort Frederick in the Bay of Fundy ...
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Wir Endes unterschriebene sämtliche Einwohner der Gegend Broad-Bay gen...
Imprint 3.; Franklin coll 2.; Not in Evans.; Not in Hildeburn.; On verso: 02-83-384.28. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as facsimile page images. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio ... More
This plan of Kennebeck & Sagadahock Rivers & country adjacent
Just a year after producing a map supporting the Brunswick Proprietors’ claim, Thomas Johnston issued this plan supporting the position of their opponents in the Plymouth Company. The map depicts the Company’s ... More
Plans of Fort Halifax in Nova Scotia and Fort Western and Fort Francfo...
Title provided by cataloger. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Plan of Fort Pownal at Penobscot built 1759.
Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. "No. 21." Watermark: J. Whatman. Includes 3 profile views. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 837 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More
Sketch of St. Jo[hn's] Harbour, and part of the river.
Scale ca. 1:150,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Deteriorating along upper edge of border. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster im... More
Plan of a rout undertaken in winter, Jany. 26th, from Quebec, the capi...
Scale 1:506,880; miles 8 to an in. Manuscript; pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 808 Available also through the Library... More
A sketch of St. John's Harbour and part of the river;
Scale ca. 1:150,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651
A map of the sources of the Chaudière, Penobscot, and Kennebec rivers,
Scale ca. 1:390,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing with reinforced edges. Relief shown pictorially. Shows campsite locations for the author's expedition from Quebec into Maine... More
The above plan is a discription of a new township containing the quant...
Scale ca. 1:43,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. "A true copy compared, A. Oliver, sect." Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 833 Available... More
Map of the River St. John in the Province of Nova Scotia, exhibiting t...
Scale ca. 1:185,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows townships. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 650/1; 651/2; 650/3
The above plan is a discription of a new township called Royalsborough...
Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows township lots and owners. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 834 Available also through the Librar... More
[Falmouth Harbour. Historic map, Library of Congress
Scale ca. 1:24,900. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. No. "7" attached to upper right corner. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along margins. Available also through the Library o... More
Falmouth Harbour - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautica...
Des Barres' second state of the Falmouth Harbour chart is displayed here. This state differs from the first with the addition of dark relief shading to emphasize the topography, and the addition of soundings (m... More
Falmouth Harbour - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautica...
The town of Falmouth (present-day Portland, Me.) was the most important supplier of forest products in the British Empire before the American Revolutionary War. Falmouth's large harbor was well protected, was e... More
Plan of the Town of Turner, formerly Silvester Plantation : out side l...
Shows lot numbers and lot holder's names. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes note. Panel title: A plan of the Town of Turner. Unidentified numbers of verso. Available a... More
Part of Oxford and Cumberland counties, Me.
Scale ca. 1:220,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Land grants and No. 4 township dated 1771. Shows townships, land grants, and landownership of Cumberland County and ... More
[Coast of New England from Cape Elizabeth, Me. to Newburyport, Mass.
Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC copy imperfect: Western half missing; deteriorated along left and right edges. Shows Maine coast from Cape Elizabeth to York River. Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More
Coast of Maine from Frenchmans Bay to Mosquito Harbor
From Atlantic Neptune Collection, no. 844. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault
[Coast of Maine showing Blue Hill Bay, Penobscot Bay, Belfast Bay, Isl...
Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges and deterioration along fold. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 859 Available also through the Lib... More
[Coast of Maine from Mosquito Head to Spurwink River.
Scale ca. 1:125,000. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 852 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
[Mount Desert Island and neighboring coast of Maine. nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coast of Hancock County, Maine. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
[Coast of New England from Cape Elizabeth, Me. to Newburyport, Mass.
Scale ca. 1:130,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along fold and edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 816 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More
[Coast of Maine from Moose Cove to Gouldsboro Bay. nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coast of Washington County. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds and right and left edge. Available also through... More
The entrance of the River St. John
Print shows ship in the foreground at the entrance to Saint John River, New Brunswick, with two islands identified, on the right, "A. Partridge Island N.E.b.N. 7 leagues distant" and left of center, "B. Meogene... More
[Coast of Maine from Rockland Harbor to Pemaquid Point.
Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Has watermark. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along fold and edges of sheet. Shows the coast of Knox and Lincoln Counties. LC Maps of N... More
[Coast of Maine from Salter Island to Portland Head. nautical chart
Scale ca. 1:48,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 856 Available also through the Library of Co... More
[Coast of Maine showing entrances of Blue Hill Bay, Isle of Haut Bay, ...
Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along the bottom right edges... More
[Coast of Maine showing entrances of Blue Hill Bay, Isle of Haut Bay, ...
Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges and deterioration along fold. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 857 Available also through the Lib... More