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    Photo, Print, Drawing
    On the Potomac 1 drawing on cream paper : graphite. | Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia looking across water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-06-26
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    On the Potomac 1 drawing on grey paper : graphite. | Sketch shows the shore of the Potomac River in Virginia looking across the water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-06-26
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The falls of Niagara from the rock above the ferry, American side 1 drawing on grey paper : graphite, watercolor, and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the American side looking across to the Canadian side. Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and destroyed in 1873 hovers between the American and Canadian falls. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The rapids above the American falls, Niagara 1 drawing on brown paper : graphite, watercolor and opaque white. | Drawing shows the rapids above Niagara Falls on the American side. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Ohio and Monongahila [i.e. Monongahela] Rivers from the suspension bridge Pittsburg [i.e. Pittsburgh] Pa 1 drawing on coated paper : graphite with scraping out. | Drawing shows a view of the hills along the Ohio and Monogahela rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with buildings along the shore and a steamboat on the water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The Three Sisters (three islands) from Great Island, Falls of Niagara 1 drawing on brown paper : graphite, watercolor and opaque white. | Drawing shows islands in the rapids above Niagara Falls on the American side. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The American falls, Niagara, from the steamboat 1 drawing on grey paper : graphite, watercolor, and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls on the American side from below. Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and destroyed in 1873, hovers above the falls on the right. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The American falls, Niagara, from the steamboat 1 drawing on brown paper : graphite, watercolor and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls on the American side, looking toward Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side from below. The Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and torn down in 1873, looms above the falls. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara, from the Canada side 1 drawing on brown paper : graphite, watercolor and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls on the Canadian side, looking toward Horseshoe Falls from the shore. The Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and torn down in 1873 on the American side, hovers against the edge of the falls. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The falls of Niagara from Goat Island 1 drawing on brown paper : graphite, watercolor and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls looking toward Terrapin Tower on the American side and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls and Canadian from Goat Island. Some houses are visible in the Canadian town of Niagara Falls. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The falls of Niagara from near the suspension bridge 1 drawing on grey paper : graphite, watercolor, and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls and a barely visible Terrapin Tower through the trees from a vantage point near the suspension bridge, which is not visible. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The American falls from the Cave of the Winds 1 drawing on grey paper : graphite, watercolor, and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the side and below, from the vantage point of the Cave of the Winds. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-09
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    The falls of Niagara from near Biddles Stairs 1 drawing on grey paper : graphite, watercolor, and opaque white. | Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the American side looking toward Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side, from the vantage point of Biddles Stairs. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-07-09
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Approach to New York East River [nearer view] 1 drawing on cream paper : graphite. | Drawing shows a view of the New York skyline from the East River, with buildings looming over trees. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-05-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Approach to New York East River [distant view] 1 drawing on cream paper : graphite. | Drawing shows a view of the New York skyline from the East River, with buildings looming over trees and along the waterfront. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-05-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Sketch of a house in the streets at Boston Mass: being raised from its foundations for the purpsoe of permanent elevation 1 drawing on cream paper : graphite. | Drawing shows a three-story house in Boston, raised off its foundations on stones and logs to increase its elevation. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-05-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Timber raft on the Potomac River US 1 drawing on cream paper : graphite. | Drawing shows a timber raft floating down the Potomac River past Maryland house and Georgetown, although neither are visible in the sketch. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-06-26
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Potomac River from Aquia Creek Virginia 1 drawing on grey-green paper : graphite. | Drawing shows the Potomac River, as seen from Aquia Creek in Virginia. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-06-26
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Review Halifax Queen's birthday 1853 1 drawing on olive paper : graphite. | Sketch shows soldiers standing on a hillside beside cannons in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, perhaps ready to fire in honor of Queen Victoria's birthday. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.
    • Contributor: Wallis, George
    • Date: 1853-05-23
  • Collection
    Drawings (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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