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[One-point perspective sketches of structure, road, and trees, with sh...

Four sketches. Church interior elevation and section with galleries and vaulted ceiling on verso. M.I.T. no. A-d-12. Drawing not signed; attribution based on handwriting and drawing style. From the Massachusett... More

[Church interior with galleries and vaulted ceiling. Perspective sketc...

M.I.T. no. A-d-12. Drawing not signed; attribution based on drawing style. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning deposit.

[Structure with pedimented wings. Perspective sketch]

Manuscript notations on drawing. M.I.T. no. A-d-13. Drawing not signed; attribution based on handwriting and drawing style. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning dep... More

[Preliminary sketch for neoclassic building with "MDCCXIX" on pediment...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 102. (DLC/PP-1995:140.102). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith collection (Library of Congress).

[View of Charleston, South Carolina, possibly looking north toward Sul...

Drawing shows in lower left the figure of a man walking along the shoreline and a larger preliminary sketch of the man, also to the right of the man is a preliminary sketch of a woman walking to the right carry... More

[View of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a large home and...

Preliminary sketch on verso. Includes puncture holes around the edges where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark with a large fleur de lis with W. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 97. (DLC/PP-1995:14... More

View of a street in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, with a chu...

Includes puncture holes along sides and bottom where paper was fastened to a board. Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the left margin. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 95. (DLC/PP-1... More

[View of the city of Charleston, S.C., with a mansion, the Nathaniel R...

Includes puncture holes around edges where paper was fastened to a board. Preliminary perspective sketch on verso. Watermark: AMIES & Co; also a dove with olive branch on the left margin. Philadelphia Print Sh... More

[Preliminary sketch for neoclassic building with "MDCCXIX" on pediment...

Preliminary sketches on verso. Watermark shows a dove holding an olive branch, representing Amies & Co. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 101. (DLC/PP-1995:140.101). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith colle... More

City street scene with "Brewhouse" in "Spittle Fields"

Drawing shows a horse team harnessed to a low cart or wagon at the side of a street with buildings along each side, possibly in Spitalfields. Details show lamps along the side of the street, a man leaning again... More

[Two men in the woods aiming rifles during hunt]

Inscribed in ink at lower right: Engraved by J.P. No. 7.3.

Winlock baths Sheperton Fields - Public domain architectural engraving

Sketch shows an interior scene of men at the baths; some swimming, some dressed in suits and top hats. Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: Engraved. Inscriptions on front are difficult to decipher. No. 56:2.

Draw bridge over Potomac at George Town, D.C. / J.R.S.

Drawing shows the Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Georgetown, Washington, D.C., with a covered wagon on the bridge; also shows men loading a boat with barrels from a loading dock at left center, with... More

[Two hunters holding guns, three dogs, and man carrying game and wipin...

Inscribed in ink at top right: Engraved and pubs. by R.B. Holloway. No. 8:1.

[Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, contr...

(Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Steeplechase, some riders and horses have fallen after jumping fence]

Sketch shows riders and horses during a steeplechase, jumping a fence, some horses have fallen and riders are scrambling to get out of the way; spectators are standing in the background on the upper right. No.... More

[Preliminary sketch, with grid, of the driveway in front of Mount Vern...

Drawing shows a preliminary sketch, set on a grid, of the circular drive in front of the manor house at Mount Vernon, including outbuildings on the left and tall trees in the background. Philadelphia Print Sho... More

West front - a duplicated copy from the col[ore]d one Bullfinch's [i.e...

Drawing shows west front of the U.S. Capitol. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 663. (DLC/PP-1996:032.8). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

North west [i.e., east] view from 3rd story of Mrs. Davis boarding hou...

Drawing shows a bird's-eye view of the eastern façade of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., from the north-east, showing the plaza in front of the building, the Senate wing, the north end terrace, and dome; ... More

Waterscape showing the shore of the Delaware River and a sailboat at c...

Paper trimmed on right side through an unidentifiable watermark at upper right. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filin... More

Boy fishing beside a stream while a girl watches over his shoulder, al...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Two houses along a river, one up on a rocky embankment, the other clos...

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Unrelated mathematical computations inscribed on the verso. (DLC/PP-1997:... More

Two views, one of a shipwrecked vessel on the shore, the other of a li...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress). Paper creased with fold, with one view appearing... More

Water or holding tank with downspout "in light"

Drawing shows a large tank on a raised platform at the edge of a river, with a stairway leading to a dock, a chute descending to the waters edge, also a wharf extending into the river. Appears to be a fragment... More

Sketch of a tree in winter beside a boulder at water's edge, a man fis...

Paper trimmed on the top through a watermark in the upper left: [J. Rob]eson Phila. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collec... More

Chestnut - Public domain scenic drawing, engraving, Library of Congres...

Drawing shows the trunk and foliage of the chestnut tree. Inscribed in pencil on upper right corner: Chestnut. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms par... More

Waterfront scene with boats and buildings on embankment

Drawing shows buildings, one from which the American flag flies, above embankment on river, train passing lower left?, rowboat on river, steamboat vertical to image on the right. Drawing undated. Supplied date... More

Man sitting in a chair among a cluster of trees, others nearby

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Study sketches of two ships - a sailing ship and a steamship, possibly...

Hoffman - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a large building or cluster of buildings with an observation tower with spiral stairway above a circular building; a railroad train passes in the lower left foreground. Inscribed in pencil on upp... More

Interior of clothier, with rolls of fabric, dummies, and two men

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Man, "Wissler?", sketching on rock, perhaps Queen, monument and circul...

Man with rifle leaning against fence near house with outbuildings

Ship in dry dock, probably Navy Yard

Sketch of houses on embankment near river cascade with notations about...

Trolley terminus, seen from across an expanse, three buildings in a ro...

Design for advertisement, Charles Oakford & Sons, furrier and hatter, ...

Drawing shows a street view of the façade of a storefront with entrances, windows with merchandise displays, awning over an entrance, and lightly sketched pedestrians; across top are samples of lettering and de... More

Cows grazing in lowlands near stream, houses in the background, on the...

Panoramic view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sketch shows a panoramic view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing "Girard College" in the upper left, the "Columbia Railroad", and the "Cathedral" in the background (as identified on the mat by Marian S. Car... More

Factory at edge of river, tucked below rolling hills, train passing be...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Wooden bridge on the Mohawk River, Schenectady U.S. July 20th 1846

Drawing shows a wooden covered bridge spanning the Hudson River at Schenectady, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

Niagara River leaving Lewiston, U.S. July 22nd 1846

Drawing shows a lighthouse on a bluff above a narrow opening on the Niagara River near Lewiston, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

Stony Point, near Gibraltar, on the Hudson River, U.S. July 24th 1846

Drawing shows a steamship on the Hudson River, with a view of the lighthouse at Stony Point, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Accession box no. DLC/PP-2000:086

The Capitol from the railway station, Washington, U.S., July 29, 1846

Drawing shows a view of small structures in a forested area at the bottom and the Capitol building under construction at the top of a hill. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Exhibited: ... More

Approaching Boston U.S. July 17th 1846

Drawing showing two panoramic views of Boston, Massachusetts, from a vantage point in the harbor; top, "WNW 5 miles" with ship under sail on the left, at "1st sight of Boston U.S. Friday July 17th 1846, Cambria... More

Approaching Boston U.S. July 17th 1846

The Hudson River at Albany, U.S. Saturday July 18th 1846

Drawing shows several ships at dock on the waterfront of the Hudson River, and a view of the landscape across the river of buildings in Hudson, New York. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086)... More

Maxime Lalanne - [Landscape with house] / Lalanne.

This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Stamp on back: ERP. Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. Bequest; Pennell Estate; 1926; (DLC/PP-1926:R01) Conserved, 8.86.848.58.

Maxime Lalanne - Chateau a Liège

This record contains unverified, preliminary data. Signed, lower left, below image: Lalanne. Stamped on back: LCF 220. "Collection Lalanne" stamp on back.

Nassau - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a portion of the front and right side of a large house with many windows, shutters, dormers, and chimneys, and several trees behind a picket fence, with hitching posts along the roadway, and a hor... More

Man sketching on a wharf with a dog seated next to him, in the backgro...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 102 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing fil... More

L'arriveé, Tissandier Collection, France

Drawing shows the descent of a balloon with a parachutist below and balloonist in basket controlling descent. Tissandier collection.

Carriage or fire engine - Public domain drawing

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Oakland Hall near Norristown(?)

Drawing shows a large building on a hill, with a large lawn in front descending into the foreground, overlooking a smaller home or gatehouse on the lower right, next to the roadway; also shows a covered wagon o... More

Lafayette College, Easton and Delaware Bridge from Philipsburg i.e., P...

Drawing shows a bird's-eye view of Easton from the New Jersey side of the Delaware River with the covered bridge at center and Lafayette College on a hill in the background. Inscribed in pencil on lower right ... More

Lighthouse with outbuildings - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a lighthouse towering above two buildings, possibly dwellings. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing s... More

Several firefighters around a hose carriage

Entrance of Delaware Water Gap, 1850

Drawing shows a house, on the left, at the base of a mountain near the bank of the Delaware River, which fills the center of the image; there appears to be a person standing on a rock on the edge of the river a... More

Trees near a precipice - Public domain scan / drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1850. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part... More

Philipsburg Rock, N.J. from "Mount Ida" Easton, Pennsylvania, 1850

Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: Philipsburg Rock, N.J. from "Mount Ida" Easton, Pa., 1850. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 3 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms par... More

Firefighter standing next to a ladder carriage

Inscribed in pencil at top: track maroon, ladders white. Sketch on verso shows two figures seated together, one gesturing with right arm raised. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at ... More

Gap in Big Mountain, Zerby's Run, no. 1 vein, 1851

Drawing shows the entrance to the Zerby's Run, no. 1 vein coal mine on Little Lick Mountain, in Pennsylvania, with a roadway or creek bed along the gap between the Big and the Little Lick Mountains, also shows ... More

[Picadilly omnibus boarding passengers to the exhibition at Hyde Park;...

Paper joined in irregular shape. No. 40:4. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hotel Mount Carmel 1851 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a building on the roadside with outbuildings and fenced corral; man seated in a horse-drawn wagon at front, near a sign hanging from a gibbet signpost. Includes a sketch of the head of a rabbit in... More

Zerby's Run, 1851 - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a wooded scene with mountain stream at the location of Zerby's Run coal mine on Little Lick Mountain, in Pennsylvania. Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Zerby's Run, 1851. Stamped on verso: From the... More

Old mill at "Mount Carmel" Pennsylvania 1851

Drawing shows a sawmill with several logs in front, a ladder leaning against the roof, and possibly boards stacked on the left. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Old mill at "Mount Carmel" Pa. 1851. Stamped o... More

Coal break, Shamokin 1851 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows the scaffolding of a coal break system with conveyers and chutes for loading railroad cars for transport to larger coal breaking facilities. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Coal break Shamokin... More

Court house, Sunbury 1851 - Public domain historic place drawing

Drawing shows an exterior view of the Northumberland County courthouse. Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Court House, Sunbury 1851. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 5... More

Saddlery at Shamoken i.e., Shamokin 1851

Drawing shows the front façade of a saddlery shop with the saddler standing at the doorway of his business, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Saddlery at Shamoken 1851. Sta... More

James Ranmey, Zerby coal bason i.e., basin 1851

Drawing shows an exterior view of a small house with a porch off the left and a shed off the right, with trees around the sides and back, in the Zerby vein coal basin, Little Lick Mountain, in Pennsylvania. In... More

Kaighn Avenue ferry terminal, Camden, New Jersey, of the South Camden ...

Identification based on 1913 postcard on www.dvrbs.com website. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1852. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... More

Bleaching Factory May 7th '54 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a large factory complex on the far shore of a river, with a sailboat on the river at center in the foreground. Title title from item. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Bleaching Factory May 7th '... More

Woodbury Creek, June 18th '54 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a sailboat tied to a wharf on a small creek or channel, with trees near the shore. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Woodbury Creek, June 18th '54. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Qu... More

Oakland Hall near Norristown(?), engraving, Library of Congress

Drawing shows a large building on a hill, with a portico, columns, and a large square cupola, and a large lawn in front descending into the foreground; overlooks a smaller home or gatehouse on the lower right, ... More

Cows in the shade of a tree - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a tall tree with two cows in the shade of the tree. Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: Aug. 11th/55. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105)... More

Lemon Hill May 17th '55 - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a view of "Lemon Hill" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from across the Schuylkill River; a man, sitting on a rock at the shore, is fishing and another person is standing alone atop the rocky embank... More

Bridge over railroad tracks, with telegraph poles on the left

Inscribed in pencil on lower right: 55. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part ... More

Wissahikkon i.e., Wissahickon Station, Phla i.e., Philadelphia and Nor...

Drawing shows a railroad bridge over a river; railroad station near the center of the picture, Wissahickon, Pennsylvania. Date from inscription on lower left corner. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F.... More

Two harness racing horses pulling their sulkies on race course

Drawing shows a harness race, tents in the center of the course identify the "U.S. Agricultural Society" and "President". Spectators in foreground seen from behind. Date from inscription on back of drawing. "... More

Eagle point fishing cabin May 3d '57

Drawing shows a cabin by a dike along the shore of the Delaware River, several men are wearing red coats.. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Eagle point fishing cabin May 3d '57. Paper trimmed on right side throug... More

Interior domestic scene with woman and child J. Queen de?

Drawing shows a woman, perhaps Sarah Queen, seated at a table, a boy sits in a small rocking chair next to her and leans awkwardly against her lap, perhaps one of the orphaned nephews that the Queens took in. A... More

Jersey shore near Beverley sic G.R. Bonfield 1859

Drawing shows the shoreline of the Delaware River near Beverly, New Jersey, with a dilapidated wharf at center and a sailboat just off shore. Signed and dated in pencil at bottom center. Inscribed in pencil on... More

[Bird's-eye view of a church in a walled compound in Beijing]

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 323. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

[A shoe on a bound foot], Qingdao China

Reference copy in LOT 5090, no. 302. Purchase; G.V. Yudin; 1906. Forms part of: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress).

Major William Schnackenburg - Public domain scenic drawing

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. With drawing (on back): Sargeant Paul Lamberg, 32 Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. Code on mat: I-6. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection a... More

Contraband inosense i.e. innocence, Alabama

Title from from item. Code on mat: I-14. Title on mat (source unverified): An Alabama Contraband, 1862. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of ... More

Regimental hospital, 1863 - Public domain historic place drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Regimental hospital, 1863. Inscribed in pencil on building: Brick. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Doc... More

Pigeons loncés hors la nacelle / A. Tissandier.

Drawing shows two pigeons thrown from balloon during James Glaisher's test flight reaching 37,000 feet over Wolverhampton, England, Sept. 5, 1862. One pigeon is flying and the other is dead and falling. Publish... More

Lighthouse above small house 1866

Drawing shows a small house, possibly the lighthouse keeper's residence, with the lighthouse behind it. Inscribed in pencil on upper right: 1866. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-... More

[Study for a Saint Sebastian] / A. Legros.

This drawing is a study for a Saint Sebastian, a subject that Alphonse Legros never completed as a painting. However, there is a drawing by Legros for a Saint Sebastian in Lille from about 1867 that shows a fi... More

Les gardes nationaux d'Heurteauville gardant le "Jean Bart" au clair d...

Drawing shows the tethered balloon "Jean Bart" being guarded at night under moonlight by five Heurteauville military guards during the Siege of Paris, November 8, 1870. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82... More

Conciliabule a cote du ballon, le "George Sand," entre bis trois aeron...

Drawing shows French balloonists J. de Revilliod and Albert and Gaston Tissandier standing at the right of the basket of the balloon "George Sand," which is tethered at Le Mans, France, during the Siege of Pari... More

Lenox Library, New York, New York. Elevation

Architectural drawing shows library for James Lenox as elevation. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Libr... More

Biltmore, estate for George Washington Vanderbilt II, Asheville, North...

Architectural drawing shows design for house as side elevation. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Librar... More

Biltmore, estate for George Washington Vanderbilt II, Asheville, North...

Man walking with mule on a footpath along the shore of the Schuylkill ...

Drawing shows a man walking with mule on a footpath along the shore of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, with Peter's Island on the left and the Columbia Bridge spanning the river just ahead, a tow rope ext... More

[Figure of a woman, and sketches of two cows or sheep] / G. Segantini.

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Drawing by Giovanni Segantini, Italian, 19th century. Includes three pencil sketches of animals on back. Purchase; Professor A.B. Bibb (Cosmos Club)... More

[One of four bookplate designs for English author, Mrs. G. Linnaeus Ba...

Drawing shows books on shelves and a woman seated before Mrs. Bank's book "The Manchester Man". Isabella Varley Banks (1821-1897) also known as Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks or Isabella Varley was a 19th century write... More

Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New York...

Architectural drawing shows exterior roof with gables, towers, gargoyles, and decorations. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The... More

[Mansion for William K. and Alva Vanderbilt, 660 Fifth Avenue, New Yor...

Architectural drawing shows fountain and plants inside arched doorway. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection ... More

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