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Title
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Earliest Drawings or Engravings of Kansas City
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Description
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From the Native Sons Archives, ''Manuscripts 2,'' the photocopies give information about the pictures, engravings, drawings of early Kansas City including ''Woodcut from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion,'' ''Steel Engraving from Hermmann J. Meyer's Universum...,'' ''Steel Engraving from Herrmann J. Meyer's United States Illustrated,'' ''Lithograph by John H. Bufford,'' ''Woodcut from Campbell's Gazateer of Missouri,'' and a few others.
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Object Type
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Manuscript
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Title
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Teachenor and Bartberger Art Engravers
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Description
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Advertising card for Teachenor and Bartberger showing engraving of cottage in country setting. Front of card gives business owners: R. B. Teachenor and E. G. Bartberger. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: .."" 502 Mercantile Bldg.Sixth and Wyandotte Sts.Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Order Number 11 Engraving
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Description
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A framed (42" x 33") engraving of George Caleb Bingham's painting entitled "Order #11." The engraver was John Sartain (1808-1897). Item has been restored and is periodically on display in the Central Library.
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Date
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1872
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City Stockyards Engraving
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Description
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Framed (22.5" by 18.75") and matted, hand-colored mezzotint engraving of the Kansas City Stockyards, Kansas City, Kansas. Taken from plate or atlas, "Views of Kansas City, Kansas & Vicinity." The view is looking NNW showing Stock Exchange Building, stock yards, and an insert of the horse and mule market building.
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Date
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1877~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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County Election Engraving
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Description
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Framed (33.5 in. x 41 in.) engraving of George Caleb Bingham's "County Election." Engraver was John Sartain (1808-1897). Engraving has been archivally restored and is on display periodically in the Central Library.
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Date
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1854
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City Levee View
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Description
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A framed (26.5 in. x 44 in.) photo of an engraving/drawing of the Kansas City, Missouri, levee or riverfront area, taken from the Clay County side looking south and titled "Kansas City, 1855." Inscription reads: "John H. Bufford Lith., 313 Washington St., Boston. Drawn by Buckeridge." Original in Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Date
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1855
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier Painting
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Description
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Framed (32" x 36") matted engraving of "La Rixe" (The Brawl) after the 1855 painting by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891). Engraved by Felix Bracquemond (1933-1914). This may be an engraving from the original plate.
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Object Type
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Archival Material