What You'll See

See what everyone's been talking about! These rare and valuable items from the Brown County Library were recently purchased by the Green Bay-De Pere Antiquarian Society.

Exhibit Details

In December 2007, the Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society purchased this significant collection of historical and artistic objects for over a million dollars. The money was raised by generous contributions from the community and beyond as part of the Society's Save Our Cultural Heritage Campaign.

The collection consists of original art, Middle Eastern rugs, and historic artifacts. It includes an extremely rare, signed photograph of Abraham Lincoln and his son, Tad, from the studio of Mathew Brady.

This is the first time that the entire collection is on public display.

Lecture Series

• Oct. 4 2008
  Paintings by Howard Pyle
• Oct. 11 2008
  Other Fine Works of Art (circa 1630-contemporary)
• Oct. 18 2008
  Antique Oriental Textile Collection
• Oct. 25 2008
  Abraham Lincoln signed photograph and Documents

Historic Artifacts

• Abraham Lincoln and son Tad Lincoln, signed by A. Lincoln, photograph taken in the studio of Mathew B. Brady, February 1864
• John Quincy Adams, signed letter to Joseph Delaplaine, June 8, 1813
• John Quincy Adams, signed letter to Joseph Delaplaine, December 15, 1817
• Grover Cleveland, signed letter to H.C. Gardiner, September 8, 1891
• Benjamin Harrison, signed letter to H.C. Gardiner, January 31, 1900
• Andrew Jackson, signed letter to Mary L. Gardiner, May 2, 1844
• Thomas Jefferson, signed letter to Joseph Delaplaine, April 24, 1815
• James Madison, signed letter to Joseph Delaplaine, May 27, 1813
• William Wirt, signed letter to Joseph Delaplaine, 1820
• August Derleth, ribbon and carbon typescripts:
  Still is the Summer Night, 1937
  Murder Stalks the Wakely Family, 1934
  Design for Death, n.d.
  Man Trapped Here, n.d.
  Here on a Darkling Plain, 1940
  Hawk on the Wind, 1936

Artworks

Paintings by Howard Pyle

• Slaughter Signing the Death Warrant of Leisler, oil on canvas, 1901
• Fight between "Bonhomme Richard" and "Serapis," oil on canvas, 1901
• Ships Loading in Albemarle Sound, oil on canvas, 1901
• A Pennsylvania Cave Dwelling, 1683, oil on canvas, 1901
• Sea Fight, oil on canvas, 1901
• Political Discussion, oil on canvas, 1901
• Anne Hutchinson Preaching in her House in Boston, oil on canvas, 1901
• On the Warpath, oil on canvas, 1901
• An Interview between Sir Edmund Andros and James Blair, oil on canvas, 1901
• The Boston Tea Party, oil on canvas, 1901
• The Burning of the "Gaspee," oil on canvas, 1901
• Phips Recovering the Sunken Treasure, oil on canvas, 1901
• Landing Negros at Jamestown from Dutch Man-of-War, oil on canvas, 1901
• Washington before the Trenches at Yorktown, oil on canvas, 1901
• Nathaniel Bacon and his Followers Burning Jamestown, oil on canvas, 1901
• Arrival of Stuyvesant at New Amsterdam, oil on canvas, 1901
• Colonel Rhett and Pirate Stede Bonnet, oil on canvas, 1901
• Travels of the Soul, oil on canvas, 1902: The Wicket of Paradise
  In the Meadows of Youth
  In the Valley of the Shadows
  At the Gates of Life

Additional Artworks

• Landfall of Jean Nicolet, Edward Deming, oil study on canvas, 1904
• Landing at Fort Howard, Edward W. Hubbard, oil on canvas, 1924
• Bust of Abraham Lincoln, artist unknown, plaster, n.d.
• Bust of Abraham Lincoln, Leonard W. Volk, cast bronze on marble base, c. 1912
• Rufus B. Kellogg, George P.A. Healy, oil on canvas, 1885
• The Prodigal Son, artist unknown, oil on canvas, 19th century
• Market Place, Kate Abrams Townsend, oil on canvas, n.d.
• Untitled, Dan Bresnahan, metal and wood, c. 1974
• Sectioned Interior, Paul Donhauser, ceramic, c. 1974
• Lunar Holiday, Kurt Dworak, bronze, c. 1974
• Judith and Holofernes, Cornelius Galle, engraving (first proof), c. 1630
• Untitled, Thomas Krueger, ceramic on wood, c. 1974
• L'Age de Soleil: Pour Roby (B. 680), lithograph, 1950
• Winter Fields, Linda Plotkin, etching and aquatint, c. 1980
• Virgin of the Seven Swords (from the Les Miserere series), George Rouault, aquatint, 1926
• Augures (from the Les Miserere series), George Rouault, aquatint, 1926

Rugs

• Hamadan Rug, c. 1920
• Hamadan Rug, c. 1910
• Fereghan Rug, c. 1900
• Shiraz Rug, c. 1915
• Fereghan Rug, c. 1890
• Khorasson Rug, c. 1910
• Yomud Eni Rug, C. 1910
• Mahal Carpet, c. 1890
• Silk Tabriz Rug, c. 1880
• Chi-Chi Rug, c. 1880
• Serebend Runner, c. 1900
• Tekke Khuval Rug, c. 1895
• Serab Runner, c. 1900
• Hamadan Rug, c. 1910
• Hamadan Rug, c. 1920
• Kurdish Rug, c. 1900
• Kurdish Rug, c. 1900
• Bidjar Runner, c. 1885
• Qashaqa'i Rug, c. 1900
• Karabagh Runner, c. 1890
• Star Kazak Rug, c. 1870
• Belouch Rug, c. 1900
• Shirvan Rug, c. 1890

This exhibition also includes selected archival materials related to the provenance, or history, of the artifacts on display.