Costume of Jamaica
1 drawing : ink, brown & black ; 12 x 9 cm. | Drawing shows palm trees behind which, near a thatched-roof hut, stands a person in a hooded garment.
Contributor:
Porter, Robert Ker, Sir - Vendramini, Giovanni - Porter, Robert Ker
Date:1818-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
[Study sketches of British soldiers during the siege of Seringapatam in 1799 showing Dallas, Allan, and Beatson]
1 drawing on cream wove paper : graphite ; sheet 26.2 x 41.7 cm. | Drawing shows scenes during the siege of Seringapatam in 1799; on the left, in consultation, are Colonel Thomas Dallas, Major Alexander Allan ?(1764-1820), and Major Alexander Beatson; at center is a soldier with a shovel on the ground before him, and on the right, Colonel James W. Dunlop ?(1759-1832),…
Contributor:
Porter, Robert Ker, Sir - Vendramini, Giovanni - Porter, Robert Ker
Perry's victory
1 drawing : ink and wash ; 26.5 x 60.2 cm (sheet) | Marine view showing American fleet, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, engaged in battle with the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
Contributor:
Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) - Birch, Thomas
Constitution and Java, 2nd view
1 drawing : ink and wash ; 15.2 x 23.3 cm (sheet) | Drawing shows the British frigate HMS Java, commanded by Captain Lambert after it lost in the clash with the USS Constitution, commanded by Commodore William Bainbridge, off the coast of Salvador, Brazil.
Contributor:
Birch, Thomas
Date:1813-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
Ship United States
1 drawing : watercolor and graphite ; 5.4 x 20.2 cm (sheet), 10.8 x 29.2 cm (mount) | Detail drawing showing how the hull of the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, sails in the water.
Contributor:
Birch, Thomas
Date:1813-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
United States & Macedonian
1 drawing : pen and ink, with ink wash ; 15.3 x 23.5 cm (sheet) | Preliminary drawing for an oil painting showing the sea battle between the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, and HMS Macedonian off the coast of Maderia on October 25, 1812.
Contributor:
Birch, Thomas
Date:1813-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
Thomas Howell
1 drawing : watercolor and ink wash over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 20.5 x 14.5 cm. | Drawing shows a man, identified as "Thomas Howell", full-length, standing, facing left, wearing tattered clothing.
Contributor:
Leslie, Charles Robert
Date:1815-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
[U.S. Capitol after burning by the British]
1 drawing on paper : ink and watercolor ; 59 x 50 cm. | Drawing shows the ruins of the U.S. Capitol following British attempts to burn the building; includes fire damage to the Senate and House wings, damaged colonnade in the House of Representatives shored up with firewood to prevent its collapse, and the shell of the rotunda with the facade and roof…
Contributor:
Munger, George
Date:1814-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
The eldest son of Judge Breckenridge
1 picture : hollow-cut white paper silhouette, mounted on black paper ; irregular image 7 x 4 cm, cut from sheet 13 x 7 cm. | Bust silhouette portrait shows the eldest son of Judge Henry Marie Breckenridge (1786-1871) facing right.
Contributor:
Smith, John Rubens - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
Date:1817
Photo, Print, Drawing
Peace
1 drawing : ink and watercolor. | In an allegory of the Treaty of Ghent, signed on Dec. 24, 1814, Britannia and America hold olive branches before an altar. Sailors, holding British and American flags, hold an uninscribed banner; through drapes and pillars a dove flies out of a triangle.