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Photo, Print, Drawing[Man lecturing native people under a tree] 1 drawing on wove paper : graphite. | Drawing shows a man wearing a hat and jacket standing under a large tree while indigenous people sit in a circle around him as well as other men dressed in uniform. The inclusion of palm trees indicates that the location is tropical.- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Silhouette of an old woman holding up a goose to a young woman] 1 drawing on wove paper : ink over graphite underdrawing. | Silhouette drawing shows an old lady with a goat holding a dead goose by the neck up to younger woman.- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingChrist Church Cambridge Mass. 1 drawing on wove paper : watercolor. | Cityscape drawing shows Christ Church in Cambridge, MA in the days when dirt roads led across the town.- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Pieta] 1 drawing on wove paper mounted on paper board : graphite. | Drawing shows a Madonna and child. The mother wears woven cloth as a head scarf, as well as a scarf draped around her shoulders.- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Admiral Andrew H. Foote, head-and-shoulders portrait, in military uniform] 1 drawing on wove paper : crayon, charcoal, graphite, and lead white. | Portrait (possibly posthumous) of naval officer, who rose to the rank of rear admiral during the Civil War.- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Traveler greeting two women at a well] 1 drawing on sandpaper : watercolor with scraping out ; sheet 25 x 33.9 cm. | Drawing shows a bearded traveler wearing flowing robes, offering a neckless to a woman standing next to a well; another woman is leaning over the well to get the bucket to draw water; there are several sheep, two camels, and a dog present, also two palms and several…- Date: 1850-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingHead quarters of Washington at Newburgh N.Y. 1 drawing : graphite and watercolor. | Drawing shows the stone house that General George Washington used for his headquarters in Newburgh, New York during the American Revolution.- Contributor: Warren, A. W.
- Date: 1850-01-01
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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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