Collection Items
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Study for bank-note vignette: Minerva with classical figures] 1 drawing.- Contributor: Casilear, John William
- Date: 1831
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Photo, Print, Drawing[West front of the United States Capitol with cows in the foreground] 1 drawing : watercolor ; 42 x 60.4 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows the Tripoli Monument honoring American valor during the Barbary Wars of 1804. It was moved to the West Front of the Capitol in 1831 (and moved to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1860). The drawing also shows the wooden fence that first delineated the Capitol grounds. (Source: Pam Scott, 2011)- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1831
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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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