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Design drawing for stained glass window with Christ before Pilate and ...

Annotations on drawing: P, G 5244, [crossed out: G 5152], MHT 46. DGS Slide no. 1475. Sticker: Gothic. Assemblage. Labeled "(Transfiguration);" perhaps prior to recovering with new image? Purchase, Donald Sami... More

Design drawing for stained glass window with text "And I Saw a New Hea...

Annotations on drawing: M 74, G 6196. DGS Slide no. 262. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

Design drawing for three stained glass windows showing AcolytesUshersP...

Annotations on drawing: KLT '70s, C6-4. DGS Slide no. 797. Sticker: Stained Glass Association of America, Gothic Northvale. Yellow note paper attached with metal paperclip. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/P... More

[Design drawing for stained glass memorial window showing Abraham, Fat...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Design drawing for stained glass memorial window with The Resurrection...

Annotations on drawing: SM #48. DGS Slide no. 1678. Sticker: 2 Gothic Stamps, CL. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

Design drawing for stained glass window with pastel Nativity

Annotations on drawing: NA 100, D, G 5491, G 5319. DGS Slide no. 1088. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

Design drawing for stained glass memorial window showing Abraham, Fath...

Annotations on drawing: 8. See Lamb #788-90. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

[Design drawing for stonework with Melchizedek, Abraham, St. Gabriel, ...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window with Christ and woman]

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Design drawing for stained glass window with Samuel

Annotations on drawing: T 28, F. DGS Slide no. 299. Sticker: 20thP. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

Design drawing showing St. John the Evangelist in simplified, abstract...

DGS Slide no. 783. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

[Design drawing for four stained glass Tondo windows]

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Design drawing for stained glass window with Christ and woman

Annotations on drawing: MHT 100. DGS Slide no. 1374. Purchase, Donald Samick, 2003 (DLC/PP-2003:109). Forms part of: Lamb Design Collection.

[Design drawing for stained glass window with Holy Family]

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Theodor de Bry - [The town of Pomeiock] / T.B.

Fortified Native village the manner of construction of the buildings and the enclosing stockade. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... ... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they catch fish]

Native men and women in a dugout canoe fishing while others in the background stand in the river and spear fish. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden ... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they cook their fish] / T.B.

Native men cooking fish on a wooden frame over a fire. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ... / Erstlich in engelländischer Sprach besch... More

Theodor de Bry - [A weroans, or chieftain, of Virginia]

Full-length, front and back portraits of a Native chief in Virginia, with bow and arrow; hunting scene in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten de... More

Theodor de Bry - [The Englishmen's arrival in Virginia]

Map showing the coast of Virginia with many islands just off the mainland, two Native territories, Secotan and Weapemeoc, and the Native community of Roanoak on an island at the mouth of a river. Illus. in: Wun... More

[An old man in his winter clothes] / T.B.

An aged Native man from Pomeiock, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter garment; landscape scene with village in the background. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Geleg... More

Theodor de Bry - [How they build boats] / T.B.

Native men making dugout boats by burning and scraping with seashells. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590, [plate] 12.... More

Theodor de Bry - [The tomb of the weroans]

An Algonquian burial house showing bodies on a raised platform and a priest squatting by a fire beneath the platform. Illus. in: Wunderbarliche, doch warhafftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit vnd Sitten der Wi... More

[A noblewoman of Pomeiock] / T.B., engraving, Library of Congress

Native woman of Pomeiock carrying a clay vessel, and her daughter holding a doll and a rattle.

Theodor de Bry - [The dances at their great feasts]

Native men and women dancing around a circle defined by posts with carved faces, three Native women stand together in the center of circle. Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ri... More

[A fortified village]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A Native village with the chief's house in the center, surrounded by huts of other principal men, and fortified by a circular arrangement of tall palings that spiral to a narrow opening at the entrance. Illus. ... More

[The widows approach the chief]

Native youths shooting arrows, throwing balls at target placed atop tall pole, and running races.

[Killing alligators]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Natives attack and kill alligators by ramming a pole down it's throat, turning it over, beating it with clubs, and shooting it with arrows. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gall... More

[Exercises of the youths] - Public domain book illustration

Native youths shooting arrows, throwing balls at target placed atop tall pole, and running races.

Theodor de Bry - Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt

Bird's-eye view of French fort, Fort Caroline, at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die... More

Theodor de Bry - Galli locum condendae arci aptum deligunt

French begin to construct fort at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce... More

Theodor de Bry - Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio

French expedition under Jean Ribaut enter the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in illam nauigatione, duce Rena... More

[The queen-elect is brought to the king]

Native men carrying the queen seated on a throne supported by a litter; trumpeters lead the procession which is followed by young women carrying baskets of fruit and by a contingent of bodyguards. Illus. in: Br... More

Theodor de Bry - [The French arrive in Florida]

The arrival of the French expedition under Laudonnière at the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: Der ander Theyl, der newlich erfundenen Landtschafft Americae, von dreyen Schiffahrten, so die Fran... More

Wie die Franzosen ein gelegen Ort eine Festung zu bauwen erwehlet

French begin to construct fort at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida.

Entwerffung der Festung Carlsburg genannt, engraving, Library of Congr...

Outline of French fort, Fort Caroline, at the mouth of the River of May (St. John's) in Florida. Illus. in: [America. pt. 2. German] Der ander Theil, der newlich erfundenen Landschafft Americae, von dreyen Schi... More

[Florida Indians, disguised under deerskins, hunting deer]

Native men wearing deerskins while hunting deer. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alcázar of Toledo. Main floor plan

Architectural drawing shows main floor with rooms and staircase. Caption on verso: "No. 4. Planta al andar del suelo principal del Alcazar de Tholedo. Juan Thomas de Mora." Although the name on the drawings is... More

Alcázar of Madrid. Ground floor plan

Architectural drawing shows ground floor with rooms, courtyards, and garden. Caption on verso: "No. 2. Planta baja al andar de los patios del Alcazar de Madrid; have de ver con la relacion en 15 de Julio de 16... More

Alcázar of Madrid. Main floor plan - Public domain map

Architectural drawing shows main floor with rooms and courtyards. Caption on verso: "No. 3. Planta alta del Alcazar de Madrid al andan del suelo principal; have de ver con la relacion en 15 de Julio de 1626. J... More

[Hunting lodge with pavilions. Gateway, piers, and fencing. Plan and e...

Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing monumental fence and gateway for a hunting lodge or castle, in plan and elevation. No. 16. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehous... More

[Hunting lodge with pavilions] - Architectural drawing, public domain ...

Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing a hunting lodge or castle in elevation and section, and row of 7 pavilions in elevation. No. 8, suite de 11. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Nanc... More

[Hunting lodge with pavilions. Site plan]

Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing site plan for a hunting lodge or castle with 14 pavilions, each having a walled garden. No. 8 bis, suite de 11. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; N... More

An explanation on the prospect draft of the Fort William and Mary on P...

Drawing shows Fort William and Mary on the Piscataqua River with surrounding landscape and buildings in "the town of New Castle on the Great Island"; many features are identified by letter with corresponding ke... More

[A residential compound with fence and outbuildings near grove of tree...

Chinese script and two chops in upper left corner.

[A small house or teahouse in a grove of trees and near a small bridge...

Chinese script and two chops in upper right corner. Public domain photograph of 18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zarzuela Palace. Floor plans and landscape plan Baltharan Ricaud

Architectural drawing shows three floors of palace and terraced garden. Zarzuela Palace was built by Jose Gómez de Mora. Notation on recto: "R. Palacio dela Zaxruela y Dicienbre 12 de 1759. Baltharan Ricaud." ... More

A view from Paulushook of Horsimus on the Jersey shore and part of Yor...

Drawing shows men cutting branches off trees and using stumps for a fence at the edge of a meadow with crops growing on the right, view of the bay in the background, showing the Jersey shore and York Island.

[House with enclosed entrance yard. Elevation, rendered]

Watercolor rendering, possibly American, showing elevation of house, with entrance yard in plan, well and gate also rendered in elevation. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supp... More

[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 17...

Design drawing shows two men in basket steering balloon by manipulation of a sail. A ladder connects the balloon to a parachute-style apparatus intended for safe descent where a third man handles the connection... More

Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des ...

Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from P... More

[New County Hall, Stafford, England. Proposed façade. Elevation]

Inscription in graphite on recto, mostly erased (modern hand?): Old bailey, proposal not adopted. Inscription in graphite on verso: Design for the County Hall, Stafford, 1794, John Nash, unexecuted. 469/CX. 150... More

Falls of Niagara. View of the great pitch taken from below, see Forest...

Drawing shows great volumes of water cascading over a cliff as seen from below at Niagara Falls. See: "The Foresters : A poem descriptive of a pedestrian journey to the falls of Niagara, in the Autumn of 1804"... More

House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...

Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:100 no. 87.9052

House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...

William Berryman - St. Anns - Public domain scenic drawing

Tree trunk. Public domain photograph of 19th-century drawing, person, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

Title transcribed from finding aid. Public domain photograph of 19th-century landscape drawing, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Berryman - [Man on horseback on road]

Title from finding aid. Watercolor sketch in top right corner. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - [Landscape with storm in distance]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Four paths, works and great-house, Clarendon Mounta...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

William Berryman - [View of house or store, Jamaica]

Title transcribed from finding aid. Descriptive details in lower left corner.

William Berryman - [View from hill]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - [Landscape with storm, Jamaica]

Title transcribed from finding aid. Descriptive details on bottom of drawing.

William Berryman - [Landscape with blue sky]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Oven mango at 4 Paths looking S.E. by E.

Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - [View of river with bridge]

Title transcribed from finding aid. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Berryman - At Lindos gate, looking to Kingston

Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Alexr. McRaes from 4 P[aths]

and finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Rain, Naim(?) or Naira(?) Castle

Cloud in foreground and mountains in background. Title transcribed from finding aid.

William Berryman - [Sugar works]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Four Jamaican figures talking at a fence

Vague pencil sketch on verso. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - From Brandon Hill, rain [in] distance

On verso: ink drawing of tree with notation, "Near the junction of Ballard River with Minho." Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - Toll gate at ferry

Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - [Landscape with gray sky]

Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

[Landscape with clouds] - Public domain scenic drawing

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lindos, ent[ra]nc[e] to Admirals pen from Greenwich, Jamaica

Drawing shows two enormous trees in front of a gated field with a house, trees, and mountains in the background; a man sits under a tree and a woman carries objects on her head in the foreground.

William Berryman - Fig tree - Public domain scenic drawing

Fig tree with cows grazing in pasture. Public domain photograph of 19th-century landscape drawing, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Berryman - View looking towards Old Harbor(?), Jamaica

Public domain image, 18th-19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

William Berryman - [Landscape with storm]

Title transcribed from finding aid. Descriptive details on bottom of drawing.

William Berryman - Yel[low] Sanders at Santa Maria

Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

William Berryman - [Croptime - cutting pieces of cane - cattle feeding...

Title transcribed from finding aid.

William Berryman - [Landscape] - Public domain scenic drawing

Title from finding aid. Illegible writing in lower right-hand corner, possibly St. Margaret's. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

[Mr. Graupner - seated and holding music]

Drawing shows a portrait of Gottlieb Graupner, a music publisher in Boston, facing front while holding a sheet of music. (DLC/PP-1995:140.28) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 28. Title from Philadelphia Pr... More

[Family group - Smith, his wife and six children pointing at examples ...

(DLC/PP-1995:140.27) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 27. Title from Philadelphia Print Shop inventory. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

[Portrait of a man seated] - Public domain portrait painting

Possible self-portrait of John Rubens Smith, half-length, seated, facing slightly right.

Ship United States - Public domain drawing

Detail drawing showing how the hull of the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, sails in the water.

The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Ge...

Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordo... More

Peace - A painting of two women shaking hands in front of a flag

In an allegory of the Treaty of Ghent, signed on Dec. 24, 1814, Britannia and America hold olive branches before an altar. Sailors, holding British and American flags, hold an uninscribed banner; through drapes... More

About 2 miles W. of S[panish] T[own], Jam[ai]ca, Blue and Liguanea M[o...

Drawing shows a person riding a horse along a road with mountains in the distance. verso and finding aid. Notation on recto: Road light, sky grey, the mo[untai]ns darker. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of J... More

Thomas Howell - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a man, identified as "Thomas Howell", full-length, standing, facing left, wearing tattered clothing. Inscribed on mount: Thomas Howell. No. 24. Picture of deranged T.H. by our celebrated young pa... More

Wild cassia near Bridge Tavn(?), west of Sp[anish] T[own]--February 8,...

Person seated under large tree. Public domain scan of 19th century tree drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rose blossoms on stem with leaves

Typed on label attached to verso: This flower study was painted by William W. Thackara 1791-1839 water colors. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms par... More

Fortifications of Puerto Rico, west view

Drawing showing ramparts and fortifications along the coast of Puerto Rico, probably the Castillo de San Felipe del Morro at San Juan.

Encampment at West Point - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows tents pitched on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. Initialed in pencil. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 590 (DLC/PP-1995:141.590). Forms part of: John Rubens ... More

Paper mill at Hodgskintown near New Haven

Landscape drawing showing small paper mill beside stream with cliffs in the background, near New Haven, Connecticut. Title inscribed from item. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 89. (DLC/PP-1995:140.89) Fo... More

[Butterfly and flowers] - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawings shows a butterfly on a flower. Inscribed in brown ink on verso: Take this little Arthetta dear in token of my love sincere Phebe S. Woodward. Inscribed in graphite on verso: stone cream mat 2147.

Equites Achivi Machaon Swallowtail

Typed on label attached to verso: Painted by William W. Thackara 1791-1839 water colors. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary draw... More

[Cornucopia of flowers] - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows an upright cornucopia filled with flowers. Public domain photograph of painting, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrangement of a peony with other flowers

(DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Rose on a stem with leaves and unopened blossoms

Inscribed in ink on verso: Painted by William W. Thackara 1791-1839 water colors. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing fil... More

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