Drapery study for figure of Botany Library of Congress
1 drawing : graphite. | Study drawing shows the dress and drapery for the allegorical figure of "Botany" for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the drawing.
Contributor:
Cox, Kenyon
Date:1896
Photo, Print, Drawing
The arts - decoration for the Library of Congress
1 painting on canvas : oil and charcoal ; 40.5 cm x 96 cm. | Scaled cartoon for large mural painting showing cherubs and five women representing various arts. Study for tympanum in southwest gallery of the Jefferson Building.
Contributor:
Cox, Kenyon
Date:1896
Photo, Print, Drawing
The sciences, decoration for the Library of Congress
1 painting on canvas : oil, charcoal, and ink ; 39 x 99 cm. | Scaled cartoon for large mural painting showing cherubs and five women representing various sciences. Study for tympanum in southwest gallery of the Jefferson Building.
The arts - decoration for the Library of Congress
1 painting on canvas : oil and charcoal ; 81 x 272 cm. | Scaled cartoon for large mural painting showing cherubs and five women representing various arts. Study for tympanum in southwest gallery of the Jefferson Building.
Contributor:
Cox, Kenyon
Date:1896-01-01
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Architecture
1 drawing : graphite. | Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figure of "Architecture" for the painting, The arts, in the north end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. She faces right. In the painting Architecture faces left.
Astronomy
1 drawing : graphite. | Study drawing shows the nude allegorical figure of "Astronomy," holding her calipers, for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the drawing.
Contributor:
Cox, Kenyon
Date:1896-01-01
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Astronomy
1 drawing : graphite. | Study drawing shows the half of the allegorical figure of "Astronomy" with preliminary shading of the drapery above her head for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the drawing.
Contributor:
Cox, Kenyon
Date:1896-01-01
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Drapery study for figure of Astronomy
1 drawing : graphite and ink. | Study drawing shows the dress and drapery for the figure of "Astronomy," but not the drapery above her head, for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. A grid covers the drawing.
Contributor:
Cox, Kenyon
Date:1896-01-01
Photo, Print, Drawing
Widener house Broad & Girard
1 drawing : India ink ; sheet 23.5 x 24 cm. | Drawing shows a street-level view of the Widener mansion, or possibly at this time the Josephine Widener Memorial Branch of the Free Library, on the corner of Broad Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Contributor:
Fenn, Harry
Date:1890-01-01
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A.F. & A.M. certificate of membership
1 drawing : watercolor, tempera, and ink over graphite underdrawing. | Design drawing for master Mason membership certificate shows the Bible on a pedestal between two pillars.
Contributor:
Foster, John D. - Foster, John D., Active 1896
The acme family record
1 drawing : ink. | Design drawing for pictorial family record, with a cross and decorative border and spaces to insert photographs. Jeffries has left spaces to record marriage, parents, children, births, marriages and deaths.
Hooker walk through the wilderness, 1636
1 drawing on tan paper : graphite, charcoal, and black chalk. | Cartoon for a lunette shows Reverend Thomas Hooker standing and gesturing towards a valley. A sick woman lies on a stretcher in foreground while other people descend. Hooker led members of his Puritan congregation from Massachusetts to Connecticut and founded Hartford.
Daniel Boone
1 drawing on tan paper : graphite. | Drawing shows Daniel Boone in a stock heroic pose preventing an Indian holding a hatchet from harming a woman and baby, while a dog bares his teeth.
Contributor:
Schik
Date:1890-01-01
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[Study drawing for mural of woman, no. 1]
1 drawing : graphite and watercolor. | Drawing shows a woman in classical garb, standing with arms upraised. A sun appears to be above her head. This may be a study drawing for a mural in the Library of Congress.
Contributor:
Shirlaw, Walter
Date:1898-01-01
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[Study drawing for mural of woman, no. 2]
1 drawing : graphite, ink, and watercolor. | Drawing shows a woman in classical garb, standing with arms upraised, clasping a scarf or shawl. An orb appears to be above her head. This may be a study drawing for a mural in the Library of Congress.
Contributor:
Shirlaw, Walter
Date:1898-01-01
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[Study drawing for mural of woman reading]
1 drawing : graphite, ink, and watercolor. | Drawing shows a woman in classical garb, seated reading a large book that lies across her lap. A winged figure holding a book is above her head. This may be a study drawing for a mural in the Library of Congress.
Contributor:
Shirlaw, Walter
Date:1898-01-01
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[Study drawing for mural of woman, no. 3]
1 drawing : graphite and watercolor. | Drawing shows a woman in classical garb, standing with arms upraised. A sun or orb appears to be above her head. This may be a study drawing for a mural in the Library of Congress.
Contributor:
Shirlaw, Walter
Date:1898-01-01
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[Study drawing for a mural showing dancing figures]
1 drawing : black chalk, graphite, and pastel. | Study drawing for a mural, perhaps one in the Jefferson building of the Library of Congress, showing a vignette of figures dancing. Three putti frame the image.
Contributor:
Shirlaw, Walter - Vedder, Elihu
Date:1898-01-01
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Design for asparagus set
1 drawing : watercolor over graphite underdrawing. | Copyright design drawing shows asparagus spears as well as the ferny growth with red berries that appears after harvesting.
Contributor:
Van Wagnener, G. M. - Van Wagnener, G. M., Mrs