Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingPerry'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
- Date: 1814-01-01
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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
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Photo, Print, DrawingPeace 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.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSoutherly view of the factories at Rockland on the Brandywine 1 drawing : graphite and ink wash on cream wove paper ; sheet 34.4 x 47.8 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingBridge at Wilmington over the Brandywine 1 drawing : graphite on cream wove paper ; sheet 34.3 x 47.8 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingWesterly view of Rockland, on the Brandywine 1 drawing : graphite and watercolor on cream wove paper ; sheet 34 x 47.5 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingSoutheast view of factories on the Brandywine 1 drawing : graphite and watercolor on cream wove paper, mounted on brown wove paper ; sheet 34.7 x 47.7 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingSouth west view of Rockland on the Brandywine - one of the four views, J.R.S. 1 drawing : graphite on cream wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 47.4 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingMr. Gilpin's paper mills on the Brandywine 1 drawing : graphite on cream wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 44.2 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingBritons rejoice, rejoice, rejoice 1 drawing : watercolor and ink over graphite underdrawing on tan laid paper ; sheet 46.1 x 33 cm. | Drawing shows an allegory on peace between France and England using flags, goddesses, and escutcheons. The text pleas for future unity and peace at sea. May relate to the Treaty of Paris in 1814.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingBritons! Franks!! Rejoice! Rejoice!! Rejoice! 1 drawing : watercolor and ink over graphite underdrawing on tan wove paper ; sheet 51 x 32.7 cm. | Drawing shows an allegory on peace between France and England using flags, goddesses, and escutcheons. The text pleas for future unity and peace at sea. Refers to Bonopart [sic] and George III. Likely relates to the Treaty of Paris in 1814. Sketch of a…- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingPeace. The reign of peace is at length arrived 1 drawing : watercolor and ink over graphite underdrawing on tan laid paper ; sheet 49.6 x 33.9 cm. | Drawing shows an allegory on peace for Great Britain. Britannia stands facing left, her spear pointing to the Temple of Liberty. Fame flies overhead, blowing her trumpet. Three female godesses bow and kneel before Britannia. Likely relates to the Treaty of Paris in 1814.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingRuins of St. Georges, Beekman St. morning after fire, no. 2 1 drawing : graphite on cream wove paper mounted on brown paper ; sheet 28.8 x 43.3 cm, mount 32.5 x 44.8cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814-01-06
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Photo, Print, DrawingMorning after fire, St. George Chapel, Beekman St., N.Y. 1 drawing : graphite on cream wove paper ; sheet 27.4 x 34.9 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814-01-06
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Photo, Print, DrawingNo. one, morning after the fire, St. Georges Chapel, Beekman St., N.Y. 1 drawing : graphite on cream wove paper ; sheet 29.3 x 40.1 cm.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814-01-06
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Photo, Print, DrawingNew York from Fort Wood 1 drawing : graphite ; 34.6 x 48 cm (sheet). | Drawing shows a panoramic view of New York from Bedloe's Island. A group of people in a boat row away from the island into the harbor.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingEliza P. Smith teaching John his lesson 1 drawing : charcoal, mounted on gray-blue layered paper ; mount 34.8 x 37.1 cm, sheet 26.4 x 20.4 cm. | Drawing shows portrait of Eliza Smith, seated holding book, with John standing at her side reading.- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Genl. Drummond and Sir T. Yeo, Lake Ontario, May the 6th 1814 / 1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordon Drummond, was sent to assist Commodore James Lucas Yeo on Lake Ontario. The British took possession of the fort with minor skirmishing…- Contributor: Steele
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe capture of Fort Oswego, on Lake Ontario. North America by Genl. Drummond and Sir J. Yeo May 6th 1814 1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Landscape drawing shows British soldiers carrying the injured to a rowboat on the shore of Lake Ontario in the foreground, while on a hill in the background British troops overwhelm the American Fort Oswego during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordon Drummond, was sent to…- Contributor: Steele
- Date: 1814
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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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