Amsterdam: P. & J. Blaeu, Abraham van Someren, 1701. Engraving, 15 1/4 x 10 inches. Camphorweed or marsh-fleabane, is a small flowering herbaceous medicinal plant. Jan Commelin (1629-1692) was a botanist and the director of Horti Medici garden in Amsterdam, which housed a significant collection of strange and exotic plants introduced through the Dutch Indies Company's merchant ships. 'Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum' was published by Caspar, who was Jan's nephew. The illustrations were done by Jan Moninckx (1656-1714) Dutch botanical..... More

New York: Federal Security Agency. Original poster. Color offset lithograph. 28 x 20 inches. World War II recruiting poster for the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. Creases from original folds. Good example with well-preserved color. Unlined. More

Weimar: Verlag des Gesellschaft, 1773. Etching. Measures 3" x 5". Trimmed to neat line. Beautiful portrait of Juliana Morell shown bust length, looking to the right, wearing a headscarf and cape with a pearl brooch. Juliana Morell (1594-1653) was a Catalan child prodigy, Dominican nun, and intellectual. While the details of her studies remain unconfirmed, she is considered by many to be the first woman to obtain a university degree, defending a thesis on ethics and dialetics at the age..... More

London: Day & Haghe, 1840. Print. Original lithograph with hand coloring. Sheet measures 10 3/4" x 8 1/4" Wonderful bouquet of 5 different varieties of aromatic stinging hair plants. Light toning but otherwise in good condition. This print appeared in the 1840 edition of "The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants." Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858) was an English author and gardener, known for being an early pioneer of science fiction, and for popularizing gardening as an activity for young women..... More

New York: Grinnell Litho Co., c. 1917. WWI Poster. Lithograph. 28" x 42". The YMCA has provided social services for American troops since before the Civil War. During World World I, the YMCA employed women as canteen workers who would be stationed near the war front to serve refreshments and hand out books to soldiers. This poster features one of those workers. She is framed by the YMCA emblem printed in brilliant red and bright blue. Some tears and crumpling..... More

Puck, 1902. Drawing, ink on paper signed by the artist lower right. 23 1/4 x 29 inches. Chips to margins with some image loss in upper right corner. Some scuffs and toning to paper. Beautiful large working drawing of the early days of the Automobile. Full title in pencil; She: "So you think the necessities of life are constantly advancing in price? For instance? He: "Well, the average fine for 'auto-speed-ing' has advanced from ten dollars within a year." Date..... More

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. Poster. Offset Lithograph. 26" x 19". Vibrant World War II poster urging female high school graduates to apply to the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, incentivized with free education for life. A U.S. cadet nurse stands proudly at the forefront while two high school girls look on enviously. In good condition with some repairs. Lined with linen. A testament to the role women played on the battlefront of the Second World War. More

Paris: Devambez, 1917. Original Poster. Lithograph. Measures 45.5" x 30.5". The title of this French WWI poster translates to "For the flag! For victory!" French national emblem Marianne stands at the center of the composition, mid-battle cry, holding up a sword and a large, tattered French flag. Some chipping and surface dirt. Linen backed with small pin holes in corner. Georges Bertin Scott (1873 %u2013 1943) was a French war correspondent and illustrator for the French magazine L'Illustration during the..... More

U.S. Government Printing Office. Poster. Offset lithograph. 28" x 22". This original World War II-era poster shows a female worker holding folded $25 war bonds and an envelope. Written above her head is the slogan "This is my fight too!" The woman wears a slogan button that resonates with the slogan sign hanging above the paymaster window behind her, and the text along the bottom encourages the purchase of war bonds. Even though she is wearing her work uniform and..... More

Original drawing. Pencil on paper. Title written in pencil in lower right corner. Sheet measures 11" x 8 1/2". Lovely sketchbook drawing of a Masai woman, attributed to the artist Allan Rohan Crite, but unsigned. More

Portrait. Charcoal drawing on paper. Sheet measures 11" x 8 1/2". Lovely sketchbook drawing attributed to the artist Allan Rohan Crite, but unsigned. Labeled 'Suk' in the lower right corner, from a series of sketches showing people from various African ethnic groups. More

Original watercolor. Frame measures 22 7/8" x 31 1/2". Painting measures 28" x 19 1/2" Lovely original watercolor of Jazz icon Dinah Washington. Undated, circa 1950. Dinah Washington (1924-1963) was a renowned singer and pianist. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Stuyvesant van Veen (1910-1988) was best known for his large-scale social realism style murals. His watercolors and portraits are rare. More

New York: J.H. Tooker Print Co. Original poster. Color lithograph. 29 x 20.75 inches. A World War I recruiting poster, in the form of a news broadside, for the women's auxiliary navy. Bold text on a red background proclaims the need for women's involvement and, at the bottom, lists the addresses of New York City recruiting stations. Many of the approximately 13,000 women who joined the auxiliary navy supported the war effort by doing clerical work. This poster is in..... More