Collection Items
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Allegorical scene showing prosperity] 1 drawing on tan paper : ink wash ; sheet 12.2 x 8.8 cm. | Drawing shows an allegorical scene with an eagle spilling the contents of a cornucopia into the lap of a woman, possibly the goddess Euthenia, seated, holding up her apron to catch them, she is handing some to a young child who stands with another child and a woman holding…
- Contributor: Barralet, John James
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Imaginary landscape with house overlooking harbor and a small ship] Title devised by Library staff. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 379a. Signed on verso: E. Sanger, 1807. (DLC/PP-1993:213.54). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress).
- Contributor: Smith, Eliza Pepperell Sanger
- Date: 1807
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Photo, Print, DrawingPawtucket Falls four miles above Providence, R.I., taken in 1807 1 drawing : graphite and red crayon on cream wove paper ; sheet 27.7 x 43.1 cm.
- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1807
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Photo, Print, DrawingA tracing of a view of Pawtucket 1807 1 drawing : red crayon on cream wove paper ; sheet 33.4 x 42 cm.
- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1807
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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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