Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe narrows near New York 1798 1 drawing : ink wash ; 35.8 x 50.8 cm (image), 37.3 x 52.4 cm (mount) | Drawing shows view from aboard a ship of other ships off the Narrows, with buildings along the shore, and Union Jack flags (possibly after a pre-Revolution drawing).
- Date: 1798-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe narrows near New York 1798 1 drawing : ink wash ; 38.7 x 53.2 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows view from aboard a ship of another ship passing through the Narrows, pine covered hills with buildings flying the Union Jack, and of the harbor and Stapleton in the background (possibly after a pre-Revolution drawing).
- Date: 1798-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTangiers, copy from a sketch by my school fellow Captn. Lawson, Royal Irish Artillery 1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper mounted on cream layered paper board ; sheet 27 x 43 cm, mount 32.5 x 50 cm.
- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1798
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Male figure, holding discus, seen from behind] Title devised by Library staff. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 387. Inscribed lower left: Study from antique under lesson from Turner & Gurtin, J.R.S. 1798. Sketch of man's head on verso. (DLC/PP-1993:213.62). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).
- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1798
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Male figure, nude, holding discus, right arm outstretched, seen from front] Title devised by Library staff. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 388. (DLC/PP-1993:213.63). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).
- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1798
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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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