Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingDes englischen Astronomen Herrn. Herschels ungeheures Telescopwelches zu Slough 20 engl. Meilen von London steht Catalog Record Only 1 drawing : ink and watercolor ; 53.3 x 39.7 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows a man standing next to William Herschel's 40 foot telescope with scaffolding and cottage.- Date: 1789-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments on the Hudson River] 1 drawing : watercolor ; 142.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet)- Contributor: L'enfant, Pierre Charles
- Date: 1782
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe hour of humiliation - how shall we repass the Rubicon? 1 drawing : ink ; 32.5 x 46.7 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows several British ministers with their heads bowed in shame over the loss of the colonies in America; Lord North can be seen in the background on the right, separating himself from the group.- Date: 1782
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe hour of insolence - we'll bring them at our feet! 1 drawing : ink ; 32.2 x 47.3 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows Lord North, two clergymen, and several British ministers gloating while looking at a map of North America.- Date: 1782
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Photo, Print, DrawingLafayette 1 drawing : ink. | Bust and shoulders silhouette portrait shows French military officer Lafayette facing right.- Contributor: Marshal, John
- Date: 1780-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingFirst bishop of Virginia 1 drawing : ink over graphite underdrawing. | Full-length silhouette portrait shows James Madison, the first bishop of Virginia facing right outdoors next to a tree.- Contributor: Marshal, John
- Date: 1780-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJohn Marshall 1 drawing on laid paper : ink over graphite underdrawing. | Full-length silhouette portrait shows John Marshall, legislator and jurist, facing right.- Contributor: Marshal, John - Brown, William H. (William Henry)
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJRS 1 picture : hollow-cut white paper silhouette, mounted on black paper ; irregular image 7 x 4 cm, cut from sheet 13 x 11 cm. | Bust silhouette portrait shows John Rhea Smith (fl. 1785-1809), son of continental congressman Jonathan Bayard Smith (1742-1812) and brother of Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845), facing left.- Contributor: Peale, Charles Willson
- Date: 1785-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Gilbert Stuart, self-portrait, half-length, right profile, holding pencil or brush, drawing] 1 drawing : ink and wash ; sheet 10.7 x 10.2 cm.- Contributor: Stuart, Gilbert - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1783-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Portrait of a boy] 1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on laid paper mounted on board ; sheet 37.8 x 29.7 cm.- Date: 1785-01-01
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CollectionDrawings (Documentary) The Documentary Drawings category includes more than 4,000 drawings made between 1750 and 1970. Eye-witness sketches made during the U.S. Civil War are the most frequently used images. Also included are topographical views, bank note vignettes, portraits, and courtroom sketches. A large group of Russian drawings show areas of China in the 1800s. Among the well-known artists represented by numerous works are William Birch,…- Date: 1750
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