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Richmond from the James River, Poems of James Montgomery
Call number: Rare Books ND2370 .M6

Many fore-edge paintings feature British pastoral scenes. Later, in the nineteenth century, watercolors depicting American people and places increased in popularity, as interest blossomed across the Atlantic. This watercolor depicts the view of Richmond from the bank of the James River. View enlarged image

Picture of Fortress Monroe, The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith
Call number: Rare Books PR3493 .F73 1855

The watercolor painting of Fortress Monroe, located at the mouth of the James River in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, appears by fanning the leaves. This book was presented in 1856 as a prize to a student at Chatham House Academy, Ramsgate. Presumably, the fore-edge painting of "Fortress Monroe, Va. U.S.A." was painted much later. View enlarged image

Picture of Crawford's Washington Monument and view of the tomb of President James Monroe, Richmond, Va.
The Percy Anecdotes, volume 6
Call number: Rare Books PN6261 .P42 1820

Each of the ten volumes of The Percy Anecdotes (a miscellaneous collection of articles that was originally published in forty-four parts) has a fore-edge painting of Virginia scenes. View enlarged image