 The Abduction of Pocahontas, 1612 (print)
This painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris recreates Samuel Argall's arrival at Jamestown with Pocahontas as his captive. $30.00
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 The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac (print)
This depiction of the Monitor-Merrimac engagement, the first battle between armored vessels, which occurred on March 8 and 9, 1862, was completed about 1880 by Xanthus Russell Smith. $30.00
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 Child Under Tree, Virginia (print)
This mid-20th century painting by Rockwell Kent reflects the artist's passion to find and paint pristine landscapes in a style that would suggest the freshness of nature as viewed in the clearest light. $30.00
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 Four Seasons of the Confederacy, Summer (print)
Unique to the Virginia Historical Society, this reproduction of the famous Charles Hoffbauer mural is framed in dark rosewood with a black on gold double mat. $110.00
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 General Robert E. Lee (prints)
Honor one of Virginia's greatest native sons by displaying this print of John A. Elder's portrait of General Robert E. Lee. $45.00/$28.95/$9.95
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 Pocahontas (print)
Thomas Sully gives us Pocahontas at what might have been construed as her best moment. $30.00
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 Richmond after the Evacuation Fire (print)
This watercolor sketch by Robert K. Sneden depicts Richmond after the fire set by fleeing Confederate forces on the night of April 2, 1865. $30.00
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 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (print)
This oil painting of General Jackson by William Garl Brown was Mrs. Jackson's favorite. $30.00
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 Three Ships (print)
Three Ships commemorates an auspicious moment in history, the landing of 104 English settlers at Jamestown and the founding of the first permanent English colony in the New World on May 13, 1607. $185.00/$60.00/$15.00
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 "The Beauty of the Land": Pierre Daura's Vision of Virginia
This exhibition catalog presents a large group of Pierre Daura's Virginia works, which were on view at the Virginia Historical Society through January 2007. $20.00
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 Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten
Most Americans get their ideas about the Civil War from movies, television, and other popular media. Civil War historian Gary Gallagher guides readers through the stories told in recent film and art. $30.00
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 Eye of the Storm: A Civil War Odyssey
Private Sneden's chronicle is one of the richest descriptions of soldier life in Virginia. $20.00
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 Genius in the Garden: Charles F. Gillette and Landscape Architecture in Virginia
In this engaging study of Charles Gillette and his work, George Longest provides a sympathetic portrait of a complex man who was at once cultured and charming, yet also opinionated and irascible. $39.95
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 Grand Avenues: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
Scott W. Berg's deft narrative account of this little-explored story in American history is a tribute to the genius of Pierre Charles L'Enfant and the enduring city that is his legacy. $15.95
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 Greetings from Richmond
Step back in time to enjoy nearly 250 color postcard views of Virginia's capital city and its architecture as it looked during the first half of the 20th century. Explore eleven distinct areas of the city, including its oldest sections?Shockoe Valley, Church Hill, Capitol Square, the western Fan District, and Richmond west of the Boulevard. $24.99
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 A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers
Including nearly nine hundred new and replacement markers that have been installed along the commonwealth's roadways since the last edition was published in 1994, this third edition of A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers brings together and updates the texts of more than 1,850 official state historical markers placed along Virginia's highways since 1927. $19.95
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 Historic Houses of Virginia
From the Tidewater region of its Atlantic Shore to the Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia has some of the most architecturally rich, and perhaps the most historically important, homes in America. $55.00
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 Historic Photos of Virginia
These black-and-white images tell the story of Virginia, its people and places, with a vividness only historic photographs can offer. $39.95
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 Historic Virginia Gardens
For more than seventy-five years, The Garden Club of Virginia has undertaken garden research and preservation work at numerous historic sites across the Old Dominion, restoring and creating beautiful landscapes for the education and enjoyment of all, from backyard gardeners to design professionals. $49.95
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 Hollywood Cemetery: The History of a Southern Shrine
Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery is both an American and a southern landmark. $25.00
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 Images from the Storm
The Civil War legacy of Robert Knox Sneden is an unparalleled treasure trove of words and pictures. $50.00
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 The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
Focusing on the period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six men on a mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis. $16.99
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 Painted History: The Landscapes of Valley View Farm
The paintings will endure as a lasting record of a place, time, and lifestyle. $14.95
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 Photography in Virginia
A companion to the upcoming exhibition, Photography in Virginia covers images made within the state's borders from the 1840s to the 1960s. $45.00
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 Pocahontas: Her Life & Legend
This study examines the historical evidence about Pocahontas and compares it to the mythology as recorded by artists and writers. $13.95
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 Quilts of Virginia, 1607–1899: The Birth of America Through the Eye of a Needle
This new book anticipates Virginia's 400th anniversary in 2007 by presenting over 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera. $29.95
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 Remarkable Trees of Virginia
This stunning collaboration among noted garden writer Nancy Ross Hugo, Virginia Tech forestry professor Jeff Kirwan, and photographer Robert Llewellyn showcases the fruits of an effort to research, locate, and photograph Virginia's most remarkable trees. $49.95
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 Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond, Virginia's Hollywood Cemetery tells countless stories, and, in his new book, John Peters reveals many of them. Although Hollywood has long been viewed quite legitimately as a southern shrine, there are other aspects of the cemetery that make it unique. $49.95
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 Richmond's Monument Avenue
This book traces the history of Monument Avenue, of its buildings and statuary, and of the people who helped create one of America's great streets. $57.95
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 Sydney and Frances Lewis: A Guide to the Papers
Sydney and Frances Lewis have left an indelible mark on both the economic life and the cultural landscape of Virginia and the nation. $15.00
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 Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is a superb collection of essays, adorned with beautiful color photography, that showcases this American treasure. $45.00
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 The Virginia Landmarks Register
The fourth edition of The Virginia Landmarks Register is an entirely new, fully illustrated compilation of the state's buildings, structures, sites, and districts that have been officially designated as historic landmarks by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources over the past thirty years. $65.00
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 Virginia Silversmiths, Their Lives and Marks
Containing 1,798 biographies of Virginia artisans plus references outside of Virginia, and more than 930 photographs of marks used by 324 Virginia silversmiths, this book is a must for collectors, curators, decorative arts historians, and genealogists. $100.00
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