Click on the year to see brief descriptions of each article published that year. The author and subject indexes cross-reference the contents of the bibliography by author name and subject. 

1. Newman, Ewell L. "Abel Buell: Errant Genius." Vol. 1, no.1 (Feb. 1976), 7-8.

Newman's brief biography of Buell (1742-1822) mentions his training as an apprentice to a goldsmith in East Guilford, Connecticut. As a young man, Buell forged some currency, for which he was briefly imprisoned. Upon his release he established a type foundry in New Haven. In 1770 he engraved a map of Saybrook Harbor, the first significant engraving in the Connecticut Colony. His most ambitious work was a map of the United States published in 1784 in New Haven. He apparently was a mechanic with many interests for he later invented agricultural implements, was part owner of some sloops, and also worked as a coach and sign painter.

2. Blakely, Judith. "The American Art-Union Contribution to American Prints." Vol. 1, no. 2 (Oct. 1976), 6-11.

Blakely points out the importance of the American Art Union as a publisher of reproductive prints from 1839 to 1852. It issued thirty-six folio prints, a list of which is appended to the article. This useful list includes year of publication, title, artist, and number of subscribers.

3. Graham, Ruth Alden, and Frances M. Sheppard. “Mark Catesby.” Vol. 1, no. 2 (Oct. 1976), 5.

This brief article describes how the English naturalist Mark Catesby produced the two-volume Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands from 1731 to 1743, after two sojourns in America. To keep costs as low as possible he etched the plates himself, after his watercolors, and then hand-colored the prints.

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