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    Photo, Print, Drawing
    The Haberstein 1 drawing : ink brush. | Drawing shows travelers standing atop a pile of rocks in the woods in Germany near Wunsiedel in Bavaria. Wooden stairs lead to the top. Bayard Taylor traveled through Germany several times in his life, between 1844 and his death in 1879, but the manuscript makes it clear that he is an older man. The drawing is accompanied by…
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    A flying trip through Norway 1 drawing : ink brush and watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing is design for frontispiece of book. It shows Norwegian fisherman standing with their nets at the edge of a fjord shoreline. The sun comes up over the horizon and two fishermen point across the sea at it. A small village is nestled on the shore underneath the rocky hills that line the…
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Norwegian church 1 drawing : pen & ink and ink wash over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows a clapboard Norwegian church at the edge of a village. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
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    Bear chase in Norway 1 drawing : ink brush over graphite underdrawing. | Humorous drawing shows a bear chasing a sportsman who fires his rifle into the air as the bear chews the tails of his coat. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Road through the Drivsdalen 1 drawing : ink brush over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows a man driving a cart along a road that runs through a Norwegian valley past a log cabin and a small waterfall. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Passage in the Driv. Norway 1 drawing : ink brush over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows a man leaning over the edge of a river's bank in the Drivsdalen, Norway, looking at the rushing water below. There is no bridge to the opposite side. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Coast of Norway 1 drawing : ink brush over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows a small log house tucked onto a rocky island along the Norwegian coast. A sailboat and three rowboats are in the water. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Justice of the peace, Norway 1 drawing : ink brush and watercolor. | Head-and-shoulders portrait of an unnamed Norwegian justice of the peace. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
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    Islands 1 drawing : ink brush over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows small log houses tucked along the shores of rocky islands of the Norwegian coast. Sailboats are in the water. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Molde, Norway 1 drawing : ink brush and watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows, in the distance, Molde, a Norwegian village on the Moldefjorden, an arm of the Romsdalfjorden. Most of the houses, churches and buildings hug the shoreline. Sailboats dot the water. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Stavanger, Norway 1 drawing : ink brush and watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows Stavanger, a Norwegian port village on Stavangerfjorden, an arm of the Boknafjorden. Most of the houses and buildings hug the shoreline, while the church is on the hillside. Ships, sailboats, rowboats and fisherman line the shore. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    He travels on foot, Norway 1 drawing : ink brush over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows a traveler, perhaps Taylor himself, on foot in Norway holding a walking stick and carrying a pack. Part of the image is outlined in red ink. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    [Norwegian landscape] 1 drawing : pen & ink with ink brush over graphite underdrawing. | Drawing shows a landscape, most likely in Norway. Taylor visited Norway in 1856 and 1857 after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    English sportsman in Norway 1 drawing : ink brush and watercolor. | Drawing shows a cart transporting a large English hunter and a small Norwegian guide or station boy, seen from behind. Bayard Taylor traveled through Norway and Scandinavia in 1856 and 1857, after the death of his first wife.
    • Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
    • Date: 1856-01-01
  • Collection
    Drawings (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: 1783

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