The Great Explosion in New York, February 4th, 1850 Orlando_MLS its braced iron legs drafted

its braced iron legs drafted with the quiet confidence of engineers who knew that mud

and men of letters into a single engraved pantheon — a Victorian act of remembrance that arranges the republic's faces in tidy rows

President of the United States 1789 — a layered allegorical portrait that fuses square and compass with epaulet and sash

The Barbers Edge Freeman Straight Razor Patent of 1873 reads as a study in restraint — the close

The Presidents of the United States 1842 assembles the first nine men to hold the office in a single composite portrait — Washington through Tyler

The Great Explosion in New York, February 4th, 1850 Orlando_MLS its braced iron legs draftedThe Great Explosion in New York, February 4th, 1850 renders catastrophe with the cold eyed reportage of the penny press a documentary engraving of smoke, splintered timber, and gathered crowds, drawn for a city still learning that industry's promise carried its own concussive bill. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and