Collection Items
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Photo, Print, Drawing[River view with factory] 1 drawing : watercolor.- Contributor: Queen, James Fuller - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Firehouse scene showing firemen leaving firehouse pulling a hand-drawn fire engine] 1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 71 x 49 cm.- Contributor: Queen, James Fuller
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingOld Quarantine Station, mouth of the Schuykill [i.e., Schuylkill] 1 drawing : watercolor. | Two small boats on the Schuylkill River with a small building, the old quarantine station, in the background.- Contributor: Queen, James Fuller - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1857-05-10
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Firehouse scene in Philadelphia showing firemen from the Weccacoe Engine Company pulling a hand-drawn fire engine as other firemen scramble to readiness] 1 drawing mounted on white paper : watercolor over graphite underdrawing ; mount 55.6 cm, sheet 51.8 x 42.5 cm.- Contributor: Queen, James Fuller - Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingEagle point fishing cabin May 3d '57 1 drawing on cream paper : watercolor and graphite ; sheet 15 x 24 cm. | Drawing shows a cabin by a dike along the shore of the Delaware River, several men are wearing red coats..- Contributor: Queen, James Fuller
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Woman ironing at table] 1 drawing on cream wove paper : ink wash and charcoal ; 20.6 x 29.2 cm (sheet) | Drawing showing woman ironing by gas or candlelight with a basket of laundry on a chair by the door. Another woman is sketched in at the opposite end of the table.- Contributor: Queen, James Fuller
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Interior domestic scene with woman and child] 1 drawing on tan paper : graphite, heightened with white chalk ; sheet 8 x 15 cm. | Drawing shows a woman, perhaps Sarah Queen, seated at a table, a boy sits in a small rocking chair next to her and leans awkwardly against her lap, perhaps one of the orphaned nephews that the Queens took in. A man's top hat rests upside down…- Contributor: Queen, James Fuller
- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSketches of Lecomptonism [no. 1] 1 drawing : ink and graphite. | Four designs for magic lantern slides, images 1, 5, 4 and 7 showing the clearing of the first settlement, the devil introducing slavery into the colony, the devil flying away as slaves are freed and whites setting fire to the homes of freed slaves. Lecomptonism became the rallying cry of the People's Party in the 1860 election.…- Date: 1857-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSketches of Lecomptonism [no. 2] 1 drawing on two pieces of paper : ink and graphite. | Four designs for magic lantern slides, images 2, 3, and two unnumbered showing men standing on a platform before a crowd, the flag of the United States and a devil behind them, as a man below approaches them wielding a knife. Two African Americans are lynched before the same crowd. The scene…- Date: 1857-01-01
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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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