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images taken from Georgetown University's collections

 

Weyl's View of Georgetown
View of Georgetown from the Virginia Side of the Potomac

Max Weyl, 1880. On view in the University Art Collection's Cybervault.

The Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge

Frank Henry Mason, 1876-1935. London: The Dangerfield Printing Co., Ltd. Not dated. Part of the Vintage British Railway Posters online exhibit.

More's Utopia

Utopia

More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.
Libellus vere aureus nec minus salutaris quam festivus de optimo reip. statu, deq: nova Insula Utopia.
Louvain: T. Martin [1516]
First edition of More's Utopia, one of only eight known complete copies. Rebound in later French (?) quarter red morocco and paper boards. Purchase, 1892, with the library of John Gilmary Shea. Part of the Treasures of Lauinger Library online exhibit.

Prince Bantam
Prince Bantam

being the adventures of Yoshitsune the brave and his faithful henchman, great Benkei of the Western Pagoda.

Watercolor on illustration board, unpublished illustration. For the book by May McNeer. On view in the Lynd Ward as Illustrator online exhibit.

Cropsey's Sunset Over the Hudson River

Sunset Over the Hudson River

Jasper Francis Cropsey, oil on canvas; c. 1865. Gift of Mary L. McEvitt, 1983. On view in the University Art Collection's Cybervault.

The First National Thanksgiving

The First National Thanksgiving

Washington, George, 1732-1799.
By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. [New York: Childs and Swain (?), 1789]
First printing of the broadside proclaiming the first national day of Thanksgiving. One of only six recorded copies. Presented as the Georgetown University Library's official 2,000,000th volume; gift of Marshall Coyne, 1994. Part of the Treasures of Lauinger Library online exhibit.

Birds and Flowers micromosaic

Birds and Flowers

circa 1890s, unidentified artist. Donated by Chief Justice White. On view in Carroll Parlor.

Campus at night

Campus Photograph

One of the photographs viewable online at Georgetown Photographs Old and New.

 

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