Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
A child said What is the grass?....How could I answer.... I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, --Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Whitman had this picture taken in ...

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
This is the grass that grows wherever the land is and the water is, This is the common air that bathes the globe. --Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass This 1854 steel engraving was used as a frontispiece for the first ...

Great Poets Mug
Beautifully illustrated with all of your favorite poets, this 16 oz. mug is made from 100 percent bone china and is striking in beauty and utility. A must have for poetry lovers. Featuring (from left to right): Edgar ...

Henry David Thoreau: Walden Pond
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. " ...

Author! Author! Scarf
Demonstrate your love of the art of the skillful writer by donning this scarf celebrating famous authors. The scarf, along with pens and ink bottles, displays the signatures of famous authors from Eugene O'Neill to ...

Author! Author! Tie
The well-read gentleman will recognize many of the authors of world-famous literature represented on this colorful neckwear: T.S. Eliot, John Keats, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, Samuel Clemens, John Milton, and more. ...

The Eads Bridge at St. Louis
This is a view of the newly completed bridge at St. Louis, with steamboats in the Mississippi River surrounded by eight stages of bridge construction. The photographs of the different stages were taken in 1874 by R. ...

The Bridge at St. Louis, 1874
This is a view of the newly completed bridge at St. Louis, with steamboats in the Mississippi River surrounded by eight stages of bridge construction. The photographs of the different stages were taken in 1874 by R. ...

Jeweled Butterfly Brooch
This butterfly brooch is adapted from a tiara design found in the library of Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Dated 1819-1894, the design is a fine example of the workmanship of the ...