Cottonwood Creek, Sunday April 10th 1859
1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, and crayon ; 18.2 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a man sketching while seated on a saddle and horse blanket in a field. Cows and horses graze in the tall grass to the left. In the distance, upon the horizon, is a log cabin to the right and tents and the tops of covered wagons…
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Jenks, Daniel A.
Date:1859-01-01
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Camp 23rd Arkansas River
1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, crayon and watercolor ; 18.3 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a tent and three covered wagons camped on the Arkansas River, lower right. Horses and cows graze near the banks of the river. Horses and oxen graze to the left. Jenks' party left the Santa Fe Trail here to follow the Arkansas River west to…
Contributor:
Jenks, Daniel A.
Date:1859-01-01
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Bents Fort
1 drawing on paper : graphite and ink ; 18.2 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows Bent's Fort on a plateau above the Arkansas River in eastern Colorado, near present-day Prowers. Cultivated trees stand to the right of the fort. William Bent erected a new establishment on the Arkansas in 1853. This fort was about thirty miles east of Bent's old fort, by…
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Jenks, Daniel A.
Date:1859-01-01
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Pretty camp - Rocky Mountains
1 drawing on paper : graphite and ink ; 18.3 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows three wagons and a tent, left center, near a bend in the river before the Rocky Mountains. The camp is hidden from the trail, which crosses the river, by a copse of trees. Jenks arrived at Camp 57, writing in his diary, "We have called [it] the…
Contributor:
Jenks, Daniel A.
Date:1859-01-01
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Independence camp
1 drawing on paper : graphite and ink ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a small tent, left center, amongst trees and plains. A snow-capped mountain, probably one of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, is on the horizon. Jenks arrived at Camp 41 - Independence Camp - Fontaine que Bouille, on Tuesday, May 17, 1859.
Contributor:
Jenks, Daniel A.
Date:1859-01-01
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Cherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains
1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, watercolor and crayon ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a dirt trail among pine trees leading toward a heavily forested pass between snow-capped mountains. This pass, near present-day Ft. Collins, Colorado, heads north toward the Oregon and California Trail. This was camp 59 for Jenks' party on Tuesday, June 7, 1859. He wrote of…
Contributor:
Jenks, Daniel A.
Date:1859-01-01
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Cache la Poudre Creek
1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, and crayon ; 18.3 x 25.5 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a covered wagon, labeled "ILL," driven by two ox crossing a river in the mountains. On the far side of the river are two men by a fire, a covered wagon, and men standing and gesturing toward the wagon in the middle of the river. On…
Contributor:
Jenks, Daniel A.
Date:1859-01-01
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Brewery on Upper Schuylkill
1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 14 x 19 cm. | Drawing shows a view from the Schuylkill River of a large brewery building on the right and a covered bridge to the left in the background.
Contributor:
Kollner, Augustus
Date:1856-01-01
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At Blackwoodtown, N.J.
1 drawing : wash. | Exterior view of tavern with horse-drawn carriages in front.
Contributor:
Kollner, Augustus
Date:1851-01-01
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Winter quarters of HM ships Resolute and Intrepid 53 & 54 in the pack, there -56 Faht.
1 drawing : graphite, ink wash and opaque white. | Drawing shows the British ships Resolute and Intrepid embedded in the ice pack in Melville Sound near the Arctic Ocean in Canada. The British lived in the ships during the winter of 1853 and 1854 and in the summer of 1854 abandoned them and camped on Beechey Island before setting sail for England in…
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Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham)
Date:1850-01-01
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[Children planting a tree]
1 drawing : graphite ; sheet 16 x 18.5 cm. | Drawing shows a man and a young child who is carrying a small tree or bush, entering a courtyard, headed toward a young girl who is waiting for them to bring the tree to plant in a hole that she has prepared for it, a dog is resting nearby, and a young woman…
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Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Queen, James Fuller
Date:1857-01-01
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Rope ferry Schuylkill
1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.7 cm. | Drawing shows a flat, barge-like rope ferry crossing a narrow point on the Schuylkill River; there is a large building labeled "Hotel" and outbuilding at the far terminus, sailboats and a steamboat on the river, and two men with rifles and a dog waiting on…
[Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1856]
1 drawing on grey blue wove paper : graphite and crayon, color ; 24.7 x 32.5 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856."
[Setting a net for shad]
1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm. | Drawing shows a group of men standing in a line on the shore of a river or bay, possibly holding a rope to the end of a net that is being drawn across the inlet by several men in a long rowboat before turning back…
[At river's edge]
1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm. | Drawing shows four men in a rowboat docked at the edge of a river, with another rowboat moored nearby; the shoreline sweeps from right to left toward a distant city waterfront, with a sailing ship under sail and other sailboats in the middle distance.
Contributor:
Queen, James Fuller
Date:1850-01-01
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Lazaretto, Philada. quarantine station May 11th 56
1 drawing on grey blue paper : graphite with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm. | Drawing shows several men in a rowboat possibly headed to a ship anchored out of view, a man sits at the stern where there is also an American flag; two sailing ships are anchored at right and left, with a view between them of the Lazaretto…
Contributor:
Queen, James Fuller
Date:1856-01-01
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The calamity of the night of July 1st/56
1 drawing on prepared lithographic paper : graphite and ink ; 24.5 x 31.7 cm (sheet) | Drawing showing the collapse of the Reed Street wharf on the Delaware River in the Southwark section of Philadelphia.
Photo, Print, DrawingCottonwood Creek, Sunday April 10th 1859 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, and crayon ; 18.2 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a man sketching while seated on a saddle and horse blanket in a field. Cows and horses graze in the tall grass to the left. In the distance, upon the horizon, is a log cabin to the right and tents and the tops of covered wagons…
Photo, Print, DrawingCamp 23rd Arkansas River 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, crayon and watercolor ; 18.3 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a tent and three covered wagons camped on the Arkansas River, lower right. Horses and cows graze near the banks of the river. Horses and oxen graze to the left. Jenks' party left the Santa Fe Trail here to follow the Arkansas River west to…
Photo, Print, DrawingBents Fort 1 drawing on paper : graphite and ink ; 18.2 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows Bent's Fort on a plateau above the Arkansas River in eastern Colorado, near present-day Prowers. Cultivated trees stand to the right of the fort. William Bent erected a new establishment on the Arkansas in 1853. This fort was about thirty miles east of Bent's old fort, by…
Photo, Print, DrawingPretty camp - Rocky Mountains 1 drawing on paper : graphite and ink ; 18.3 x 25.3 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows three wagons and a tent, left center, near a bend in the river before the Rocky Mountains. The camp is hidden from the trail, which crosses the river, by a copse of trees. Jenks arrived at Camp 57, writing in his diary, "We have called [it] the…
Photo, Print, DrawingIndependence camp 1 drawing on paper : graphite and ink ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a small tent, left center, amongst trees and plains. A snow-capped mountain, probably one of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, is on the horizon. Jenks arrived at Camp 41 - Independence Camp - Fontaine que Bouille, on Tuesday, May 17, 1859.
Photo, Print, DrawingCherokee Pass, Rocky Mountains 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, watercolor and crayon ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a dirt trail among pine trees leading toward a heavily forested pass between snow-capped mountains. This pass, near present-day Ft. Collins, Colorado, heads north toward the Oregon and California Trail. This was camp 59 for Jenks' party on Tuesday, June 7, 1859. He wrote of…
Photo, Print, DrawingCache la Poudre Creek 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, and crayon ; 18.3 x 25.5 cm. (sheet). | Drawing shows a covered wagon, labeled "ILL," driven by two ox crossing a river in the mountains. On the far side of the river are two men by a fire, a covered wagon, and men standing and gesturing toward the wagon in the middle of the river. On…
Photo, Print, DrawingBrewery on Upper Schuylkill 1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 14 x 19 cm. | Drawing shows a view from the Schuylkill River of a large brewery building on the right and a covered bridge to the left in the background.
Photo, Print, DrawingAt Blackwoodtown, N.J. 1 drawing : wash. | Exterior view of tavern with horse-drawn carriages in front.
Photo, Print, DrawingWinter quarters of HM ships Resolute and Intrepid 53 & 54 in the pack, there -56 Faht. 1 drawing : graphite, ink wash and opaque white. | Drawing shows the British ships Resolute and Intrepid embedded in the ice pack in Melville Sound near the Arctic Ocean in Canada. The British lived in the ships during the winter of 1853 and 1854 and in the summer of 1854 abandoned them and camped on Beechey Island before setting sail for England in…
Photo, Print, Drawing[View from the 2nd story of the residence of Mrs. Comre. John Rodgers, Franklin Row, K Street at 12 & 13 Sts, Washington, D.C., overlooking the backyard and adjacent neighborhood, and showing … 1 drawing : watercolor.
Photo, Print, Drawing[Children planting a tree] 1 drawing : graphite ; sheet 16 x 18.5 cm. | Drawing shows a man and a young child who is carrying a small tree or bush, entering a courtyard, headed toward a young girl who is waiting for them to bring the tree to plant in a hole that she has prepared for it, a dog is resting nearby, and a young woman…
Photo, Print, Drawing[River view with factory] 1 drawing : watercolor.
Photo, Print, DrawingRope ferry Schuylkill 1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.7 cm. | Drawing shows a flat, barge-like rope ferry crossing a narrow point on the Schuylkill River; there is a large building labeled "Hotel" and outbuilding at the far terminus, sailboats and a steamboat on the river, and two men with rifles and a dog waiting on…
Photo, Print, Drawing[Bird's-eye view of the Fairmount Water Works from above the Schuylkill River, with a stern wheeler at lower right and a suspension bridge on right, in the distance, and Philadelphia in the … 1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm.
Photo, Print, Drawing[View from the Schuylkill River looking up toward a mansion, possibly Lemon Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, atop a hillside at center; a steam ferry passes on the river below, one man fishes … 1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 32.7 x 24.7 cm.
Photo, Print, Drawing[Scene on the Delaware River at Philada. during the severe winter of 1856] 1 drawing on grey blue wove paper : graphite and crayon, color ; 24.7 x 32.5 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows many people from Philadelphia ice skating on the Delaware River, possibly near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, "during the severe winter of 1856."
Photo, Print, Drawing[Topographical view, seen from the Delaware River, of the Philadelphia shore] 1 drawing on tan paper : graphite ; sheet 25 x 35 cm.
Photo, Print, Drawing[A rowboat sitting on logs on the shore of a river or bay with a derrick-like drilling or pumping device just offshore] 1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm.
Photo, Print, Drawing[Setting a net for shad] 1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm. | Drawing shows a group of men standing in a line on the shore of a river or bay, possibly holding a rope to the end of a net that is being drawn across the inlet by several men in a long rowboat before turning back…
Photo, Print, Drawing[Small girl standing next to a cluster of trees at the edge of the Delaware River] 1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 23 x 31 cm.
Photo, Print, Drawing[Topographical view of buildings along the far shore of a river, with light sketch of sailboat in the foreground] 1 drawing on grey blue paper : graphite ; sheet 32.7 x 24.7 cm.
Photo, Print, Drawing[At river's edge] 1 drawing on grey blue paper : charcoal heightened with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm. | Drawing shows four men in a rowboat docked at the edge of a river, with another rowboat moored nearby; the shoreline sweeps from right to left toward a distant city waterfront, with a sailing ship under sail and other sailboats in the middle distance.
Photo, Print, DrawingLazaretto, Philada. quarantine station May 11th 56 1 drawing on grey blue paper : graphite with white chalk ; sheet 24.5 x 32.8 cm. | Drawing shows several men in a rowboat possibly headed to a ship anchored out of view, a man sits at the stern where there is also an American flag; two sailing ships are anchored at right and left, with a view between them of the Lazaretto…
Photo, Print, DrawingThe calamity of the night of July 1st/56 1 drawing on prepared lithographic paper : graphite and ink ; 24.5 x 31.7 cm (sheet) | Drawing showing the collapse of the Reed Street wharf on the Delaware River in the Southwark section of Philadelphia.