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Small Print Portraits, O - R
The Small Prints collection consists over 3,000 advertisements, woodcuts, etchings, drawings, newspaper images, newspaper clippings, small booklets, and other items. Most date from the 18th and 19th century. The prints in this collection differ in size, but all are less than 10 x 15 inches.
The Small Prints collection is grouped into two sections: Portraits and Subject. At this point only the portraits have been fully inventoried – the prints arranged by subject are currently being inventoried.
The Portraits consist of nearly 1000 images of both Maryland and non-Maryland related figures including Francis Scott Key, John Eager Howard, William Paca, Edward Tilghman, Edgar Allen Poe, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Charles Calvert, and Napoleon Bonaparte. The prints are arranged alphabetically by last name.
Small Print Portraits, O – R
Ogden, Aaron | 1834 | James Herring | Painted & Engraved by A.B. Durand | 1 print |
Oglethorpe, Gen. James | 1785 | D'Johnsons books | P. Ireland | 1 print |
Otterbein, Rev. W. | undated | Jewett & Co. | W.Anderson Sc. | 1 print |
Owings, Baltimore County | undated | unknown | A. McCormick Photographer Oxford, Ohester Co. Pa. | 1 print |
Paca, William | undated | unknown | 2 prints-Engraved by P. Maverick from a drawing by J.B. Longacre from Copley Line engraving | 4 prints |
Paca, William | undated | unknown | Engraved by P. Maverick from a drawing by J.B. Longacre from Copley Line engraving | 2 prints |
Paret, William Bishop of Maryland | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Parmly, Eliazar | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Peabody, George | 1 print-1867 | 1 print-Johnson, Fry & Co., Publishers, New York 1 print-J.A. O'Neill, N.Y. | 1 print-Engraved by D.J. Pound from a Phtograph by H.N. King, Bath; 2 prints-Photograph by Brady and Engraved by J.C. Buttre;1 print-Boston BB Russell;1 print-Engraved from Photograph for the Ecletic by Geo. E. Perine, N.Y. ;1 print-Engraved by J.C. Buttre from a Daguerreotype | 9 prints |
Peale, Charles Wilson 1741-1827 | undated | unknown | 3 prints-Engraved by J.B. Longacre from an Original Painting by Rembrant Peale;1 print-Siegfried Weisberger, Baltimore,Md. | 5 prints |
Peale, Rembrant | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Pearce, Hon. James A. | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Penn, William | undated | 1 print-London, Charles Knight & Co. Ludgate Street. | 2 prints-Engraved by J. Sartain from the original picture in the possession of the Historical Society of Penna. Painted from Life in 1666;1 print-Engraved by J. Pofselwhito From the Print by J. Hall after the Picture by West ;1 print-Engraved by J.B. Longacre by Mr. Edwin | 4 prints |
Perkins, Wm. | Painted 1828 & Engraved 1843 | unknown | Painted by Sarah Peale and Engraved by J. Sartain | 2 prints |
Peter, George W. | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Peters, Hugh | 1841 | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Phelps, Almira Lincoln | undated | unknown | On steel by John Sartain | 1 print |
Pickens, Brig. General Andrew | undated | unknown | Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a Painting by T. Sully after an original portrait | 1 print |
Pierce, Frank(lin) | undated | unknown | 1 print-Engraved by W.L. Ormsby from a Daguerriotype | 2 prints |
Pinckney, Major General Charles Cotesworth | undated | unknown | Engraved by E. Wellmore from a minature by Malbone | 1 print |
Pinckney, Major General Thomas | undated | unknown | Engraved by W.C. Armstrong from an original minature in oil by J. Trumbull P.A.A. | 1 print |
Pickney, William | 4 prints-1863 | 4 prints-Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York ;3 prints-Harrison Hall No. 70 South Fourth Street Philadelphia | 4 prints-Original painting by Chappel ;1 print-Engraved by T.B. Welch ;3 prints-Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a Painting by C. King | 12 prints |
Pinkney, Mrs. William | undated | unknown | John Trumbull | 1 print |
Pitcher, Moll | 1856 | Martin, Johnson & Co. Publishers, New York | Painted by D.M. Carter and Engraved by J. Rogers | 1 print |
Pitt, Mr. | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Platek, George | undated | unknown | unknown | 2 prints |
Pocahontas | 1866 | Johnson, Fry &Co. Publishers, New York | Original painting by Chappel | 1 print |
Poe, Edgar Allen | 1 print-1924 | 1 print-Cosmos Pictures Co. N.Y. | 1 print-Painted by A.C. Smith and Engraved by Welch & Walter | 3 prints |
Polk, Lt. General | undated | Neill N.Y. | unknown | 1 print |
Potts, Richard | undated | unknown | unknown | 2 prints |
Poultney, Thomas | undated | Cummins 106 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD | unknown | 1 print |
Pratt, Enoch (1808-1896) | undated | unknown | 1 print-Engraved by H.B. Hall & Sons 13 Barclay St. N.Y. | 2 prints |
Prescott, Wm.H. | undated | unknown | Engraved by John Sartain after a Photograph from Life by Whipple Boston | 1 print |
Preston, James H. | 1912 | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Princess of Orange | 1810 | J. Carpenter and W. Miller | Sir A. Vandyck P. and E. Scriven S. | 1 print |
Putnam's Escape at Horse Neck | 1857 | Johnson, Fry &Co. Publishers, New York | Original picture by Chappel | 1 print |
Quaker Soldier | undated | unknown | Copied from the line engraving by S.A. Schoff by permission of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania | 1 print |
Ramsay, David MD. | undated | unknown | Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a drawing by C. Frazer after a Painting by C.W. Peale | 1 print |
Randolph, John | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Rasin, I. Freeman | undated | Franklin Engraving & Printing Co., New York | unknown | 1 print |
Rasin, R.W.I. | undated | Franklin Engraving & Printing Co., New York | unknown | 1 print |
Reeder, C. | undated | unknown | Engraved by H.B. Hall & Sons, 62 Fulton St. N.Y. | 1 print |
Reese, E. Yeates | undated | unknown | Engraved by J.C. Buttre N.Y. | 1 print |
Reuling, George | undated | P. Hoen & Co., New York | unknown | 3 prints |
Revolutionary Officers | undated | New York, Virtue, Emmins & Co. | Engraved by J.Rogers | 2 prints |
Ridgely, Charles of Hampton | undated | unknown | Painted by Jarvis and Engraved by Goodman & Piggot | 3 prints |
Ridgely, Eliza | undated | unknown | From the Painting at Hampton by Thomas Sully and Engraved by H. Davidson | 1 print |
Ridgely, Henry M. | 1827 | unknown | Engraved by G.Bather & Son Bklyn NY | 1 print |
Ridgely, H. | undated | unknown | Engraved by G.Bather & Son Bklyn NY | 1 print |
Ridgely, James S. | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Rinehart, William H. | undated | Franklin Engraving & Printing Co., New York | unknown | 1 print |
Ringgold, Maj. Fall at the Battle of Palo Alto | undated | W.I. Ormsby | Drawn by T.H. Matteson and Engraved by H.S. Sadd | 1 print |
Ringgold, Major Samuel | undated | unknown | unknown | 4 prints |
Ritchie, Albert C. Governor of Maryland 1920-1934 | 1 print-1933 1 print-1894 | unknown | unknown | 2 prints |
Rittenhouse, David | undated | unknown | 2 prints-C.W. Peale, Pinx. And C.Gobrecht, Sculpt.;1 print-Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a Painting by C.W. Peale | 3 prints |
Roberts, Rev. Dr. George, A.H.D.D.D. | undated | 1 print-J. Shew No. 177 Baltimore Street | 1 print-Engraved by T.B. Welch from a Daguerreotype; 1 print-M.B. Delt & Sc. | 3 prints |
Roberts, Rev. George (1766-1827) [ca.1820] | undated | unknown | Lithograph by A. Hoen & Co. Balto. & T.C. Buckle | 1 print |
Roberts, Rev. Robert R. | undated | unknown | Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a painting by J. Neagle | 1 print |
Robinson, E.W. | undated | Franklin Engraving & Printing Co., New York | unknown | 1 print |
Robinson, John M. | undated | unknown | unknown | 1 print |
Rodgers, Commodore John | undated | unknown | 1 print- Henry Williams and John R. Smith Sculpt. | 4 prints |
Rolle, Henry | undated | unknown | A. Hertochs | 1 print |
Rosecrans, W.S. | 1863 | Johnson, Fry &Co. Publishers, New York | From the original painting by Chappel | 1 print |
Ross, General Death of General Ross | 1859 | Johnson, Fry &Co. Publishers, New York | From the original Painting by Chappel | 3 prints |
Roszel, Rev. Stephen G. | undated | Published at the Methodist Book Room 200 Mulberry Street N.Y. | Painted by Miss S. Peale and Engraved y T.B. Welch | 1 print |
Rowe, A.D. | undated | unknown | A.Hoen & Co. Balto. | 1 print |
Rowland, Samuel | undated | Franklin Engraving & Printing Co., New York | unknown | 2 prints |
Russell, Elizabeth | undated | unknown | Engraved by J.W. Evans | 1 print |
Rush, Benjamin MD. | undated | unknown | Engraved by R.W. Dodson from a Painting by T. Sully in Possession of Richard Rush Esq. | 1 print |
Rutledge, Gov. John of South Carolina | undated | unknown | Engraved by G.F. Storm from a Drawing by James Herring after the original by Col. Trumbell | 1 print |

