Gulf, May 10th [...]
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1 drawing : ink ; 8 x 14.5 cm. | Drawing shows a plan of the gulf with numbered key and mostly illegible text.
Contributor:
Berryman, William
Date:1814
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Fort Charles from Mouth Cobre 1814
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1 drawing : ink and graphite ; 13.9 x 15.2 cm. | Drawing shows men in a boat and in the water in the harbor; they may be pulling nets.
Perry's victory
1 drawing : ink and wash ; 26.5 x 60.2 cm (sheet) | Marine view showing American fleet, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, engaged in battle with the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
Contributor:
Birch, Thomas - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Date:1814-01-01
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[U.S. Capitol after burning by the British]
1 drawing on paper : ink and watercolor ; 59 x 50 cm. | Drawing shows the ruins of the U.S. Capitol following British attempts to burn the building; includes fire damage to the Senate and House wings, damaged colonnade in the House of Representatives shored up with firewood to prevent its collapse, and the shell of the rotunda with the facade and roof…
Contributor:
Munger, George
Date:1814-01-01
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Peace
1 drawing : ink and watercolor. | In an allegory of the Treaty of Ghent, signed on Dec. 24, 1814, Britannia and America hold olive branches before an altar. Sailors, holding British and American flags, hold an uninscribed banner; through drapes and pillars a dove flies out of a triangle.
Britons rejoice, rejoice, rejoice
1 drawing : watercolor and ink over graphite underdrawing on tan laid paper ; sheet 46.1 x 33 cm. | Drawing shows an allegory on peace between France and England using flags, goddesses, and escutcheons. The text pleas for future unity and peace at sea. May relate to the Treaty of Paris in 1814.
Contributor:
Smith, John Rubens
Date:1814
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Britons! Franks!! Rejoice! Rejoice!! Rejoice!
1 drawing : watercolor and ink over graphite underdrawing on tan wove paper ; sheet 51 x 32.7 cm. | Drawing shows an allegory on peace between France and England using flags, goddesses, and escutcheons. The text pleas for future unity and peace at sea. Refers to Bonopart [sic] and George III. Likely relates to the Treaty of Paris in 1814. Sketch of a…
Contributor:
Smith, John Rubens
Date:1814
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Peace. The reign of peace is at length arrived
1 drawing : watercolor and ink over graphite underdrawing on tan laid paper ; sheet 49.6 x 33.9 cm. | Drawing shows an allegory on peace for Great Britain. Britannia stands facing left, her spear pointing to the Temple of Liberty. Fame flies overhead, blowing her trumpet. Three female godesses bow and kneel before Britannia. Likely relates to the Treaty of Paris in 1814.
New York from Fort Wood
1 drawing : graphite ; 34.6 x 48 cm (sheet). | Drawing shows a panoramic view of New York from Bedloe's Island. A group of people in a boat row away from the island into the harbor.
Contributor:
Smith, John Rubens
Date:1814
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Eliza P. Smith teaching John his lesson
1 drawing : charcoal, mounted on gray-blue layered paper ; mount 34.8 x 37.1 cm, sheet 26.4 x 20.4 cm. | Drawing shows portrait of Eliza Smith, seated holding book, with John standing at her side reading.
Contributor:
Smith, John Rubens
Date:1814
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The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Genl. Drummond and Sir T. Yeo, Lake Ontario, May the 6th 1814 /
1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordon Drummond, was sent to assist Commodore James Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario. The British took possession of the fort with minor skirmishing…
Contributor:
Steele
Date:1814
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The capture of Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario. North America by Genl. Drummond and Sir J. Yeo May 6th 1814
1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Landscape drawing shows British soldiers carrying the injured to a rowboat on the shore of Lake Ontario in the foreground, while on a hill in the background British troops overwhelm the American Fort Oswego during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordon Drummond, was sent to…