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Photo, Print, DrawingDelaware and Lehigh rivers at Easton Pa. 1 drawing : ink and ink wash over graphite underdrawing. | Landscape drawing shows Easton, Pennsylvania on the far side of the Lehigh River with the hills of New Jersey in the distance. Two horses tow a barge in foreground on a road beside a hillock. A covered bridge crosses the Delaware River at the midpoint of the landscape.
- Contributor: Kollner, Augustus
- Date: 1844-06-02
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Photo, Print, DrawingMount Washington. At Easton Pa. south 1 drawing : ink and ink wash over graphite underdrawing. | Landscape drawing shows a hill, Mount Washington from Easton, Pennsylvania on the far side of the Lehigh River. A road winds around the hill in the foreground.
- Contributor: Kollner, Augustus
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingRichmond & Reading R.R., Phila. 1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 11.2 x 15.7 cm. | Drawing shows a rural setting with railroad tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company that may lead to the Port Richmond terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Contributor: Kollner, Augustus
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJefferson City 1 drawing : ink and ink wash ; sheet 12.5 x 18.5 cm. | Drawing shows a scene near the waterfront with a capitol building atop a hill next to the Missouri River where a steamboat approaches the shore; shows other buildings along the waterfront and, in the foreground, a horse-drawn cart with two women on board.
- Contributor: Sachse, E. (Edward)
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Southwest view of Sanderson's Franklin House, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia] 1 drawing : watercolor over graphite ; 33 x 50.6 cm (sheet)
- Contributor: Smith, John Rubens
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Pencil exercise, no. 7 - half-timbered house] 1 drawing : graphite ; sheet 23.3 x 15.5 cm.
- Contributor: Smith, Richard Sanger
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Pencil exercise, no. 2 - lying dog] 1 drawing : graphite ; sheet 15.8 x 16.8 cm.
- Contributor: Smith, Richard Sanger
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSurveyor of customs 1 drawing : pen & ink, and ink brush. | Drawing shows a customs agent, seen from behind, reading a newspaper identified only as "Herald." Bayard Taylor traveled extensively in Europe between 1844 and his death in 1879.
- Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingCurious lava formations 1 drawing : ink brush and watercolor. | Illustration shows seven land formations, many of which resemble coral and sea shells.
- Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDeputy
A deputy collector 1 drawing : ink brush. | Drawing shows a deputy collector, or civil servant, smoking as he leans on the back two legs of his chair, feet near a fireplace. Taylor traveled extensively in Europe between 1844 and his death in 1879.- Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingColored individuals along the road side 1 drawing : pen & ink and ink wash. | Drawing shows an African American slave woman leaning against a split rail fence along with three children. She says, "Oh I so glad you come, 'massa says he wish you were in da bottom of the sea--but you ain't in de bottom of the sea. You are here--Oh I so glad to see you."…
- Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingCollector 1 drawing : pen & ink and ink wash. | Drawing shows a public documents civil servant asleep before a fireplace. He leans on the back two legs of his chair. Bayard Taylor made at extensive trips to Europe between 1844 his death in 1879.
- Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingClerk 1 drawing : pen & ink and ink wash. | Humorous drawing shows a customs house clerk asleep at his desk. Bayard Taylor made extensive travels to Europe and Egypt between 1844 and 1878.
- Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
- Date: 1844-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAppraiser 1 drawing : pen & ink and ink wash. | Humorous drawing shows a public documents appraiser, from behind, asleep at his desk, a frowning crowd has gathered on the other side of his window. Bayard Taylor made extensive travels to Europe and Egypt between 1844 and 1878.
- Contributor: Taylor, Bayard
- Date: 1844-01-01
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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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