Selections from our Collections

Acropolis of Tusculum; ca. 1895


Under the direction of Professor d'Espouy, the graduates of the famous Paris school of art, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, measured and drew the views of the famous monuments of classic Greece and Italy. This copy was printed in 1908. Gift of the Andrew Johnson Memorial Association.

"Cicero at Tusculum" Bookplate Print by Georges Lebayle; ca. 1894

The Works of the Reverend Mr. Samuel Blair

















George Collins, Director of Museum Program and Studies, shares a recent accession with museum volunteers. The book is entitled, The Works of the Reverend Mr. Samuel Blair, late Minister of the Gospel at Fogs-Mannor, in Chester Country, in Pennsylvania. The book was published in Philadelphia in 1754. The book was apparently owned by an Alice Boyd and given by James Boyd to Rev. Samuel Witherspoon Doak on July 19, 1813. The book contains the signatures of Alice Boyd, Samuel W. Doak, and the presentation inscription.