Topic: architecture

[Da Mulla Palace, Venice, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6997". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... more

[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and cerami...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634.

[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and cerami...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634.

[Architectural elements, floor plan, and elevation from handbook on cl...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: De architectura / Vitruvius Pollio ; tr. & ed. by Cesare Cesariano. [Como : Impressa p G. de Pōte, a la spese e instantia del magnifico d. A. Gallo e del nobile d. A. ... more

[Milan Cathedral, plan, elevation, and architectural elements from han...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: De architectura / Vitruvius Pollio ; tr. & ed. by Cesare Cesariano. [Como : Impressa p G. de Pōte, a la spese e instantia del magnifico d. A. Gallo e del nobile d. A. ... more

De architectvra Iacobi Androvetii du Cerceau opus.Lvtetia Parisiorvm [...

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern, in a collectio...

[Roofline and dormer window styles and designs]

A view of ye great clock in St. Mark's place at Venice / [Can]aleti pi...

Title also in French.

Le Preston. V / A. Canal. f.

Print shows pedestrians on the walkway of the waterfront with the canal on the right and buildings and a bridge on the left. Title from item. Constable, no. 14 Forms part of: George Lothrop Bradley collection (... more

Thomas Jefferson, no date, Calculations on Architecture and Timber

Calculations on Architecture and Timber

[Engraving from Diderot, Encyclopédie, v. 1, pl. 194, Architecture Mac...

Illus. in: Diderot. Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, v. 1, pl. 194. Livourne, 1770-1775. Reference copy may be in LOT 4434B. This record contains unverified, old da... more

[Title page, with no illus., for Abraham Swan's, The British architect...

Illus. in: Abraham Swan, The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of staircases. Philadelphia, Printed for R. Bell by J. Norman, 1775, title page. No file print. This record contains unverified, old da... more

[Emblematical female figures engaged in the arts of painting, sculptur...

Illus. in: Iconography; or a collection of Emblematical Figures, by George Richardson, 1779, four engravings (figs. 137-140). Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr). On print: Published as the Act Directs Decr. 1777. Thi... more

Plan & elevation of the Tontine Crescent now erecting in Boston / S. H...

Architect Charles Bulfinch. Illus. in: Massachusetts magazine, v. 6 (Feb. 1794), p. facing p. 65.

[Front facade and floor plan for 18th century building]

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The country builder's assistant : containing a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture ... / by Asher Benjamin. Printed at Greenfield, Massachusetts : ... more

Washington in 1800

Photo shows a black-and-white engraving published in 1834 to portray Washington, D.C. and the west front of the U.S. Capitol grounds as they were in 1800. Includes the west end of the west grounds and Pennsylv... more

Architectural drawing for a frame ("looking glass frame for President'...

Working drawing showing looking glass frame and mantel in Blue Room as elevation; rendering. UNIT title devised. Client's name from The Architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1994. Inscriptions on re... more

Architectural drawing for a house for John Markoe, near 9th Street and...

Working drawing showing vestibule doors, moldings, and hardware as plans, elevations, sections, and details; rendering. UNIT title devised. City, building name, and client's first name from O'Gorman's Drawing t... more

General rules from Kirby's perspective of architecture [text]

In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... more

General rules from Kirby's perspective of architecture

In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... more

Album lithographique Vauzelle del

Print shows gothic architecture, possibly of a church with an opening at center that frames a landscape scene with a large stone slab labeled "Album Lithographique" that may have formed the side of the building... more

Athens /

Shows extant and presumed antiquities (buildings, theaters, tombs, walls, etc.) of central Athens as in 1832. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.... more

[U.S. custom house, Boston, Massachusetts. Elevation]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil: "Boston Custom House" and "I. [sic] B. Young Archt." Blind stamp: Geo. W. Rapp, architect & sup., Cincinnati, Ohio. Stamp: B9. Gift ; American Institute of A... more

New York merchants' exchange William C. Kramp, architect and lithograp...

52 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Printed on lower left: I. Rogers, architect. Inscribed in ink: 52. District Court of the Southern District of New York. Printed on building at lower right: Benedict, B... more

Sailor's home No. 190 Cherry St. between Market & Pike streets -- Erec...

Print shows man standing next to flagpole on rooftop of the Sailors Home; lumbar yard next door to building. Handwritten along right side of print: Deposited in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of Ne... more

Polk's dream

Here Clay is critical of James K. Polk's public advocacy of the 54.40 parallel as the northern boundary of American territory in Oregon. The cartoon also alludes to widespread uncertainty as to the course the ... more

Modern mansion, showing the arabesque architecture of Cairo / David Ro...

Illus. in: Egypt & Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1846-1849, v. 3, p. 32.

[Hotel for Azariah Fuller, (Kirkwood House), Pennsylvania Avenue and 1...

Inscriptions on recto: Principal floor ; John Haviland Architect Philadelphia. 1847 ; Saloon ; Balconey ; Ladies dressing room ; Gent's dressing room ; Ladies stair-case ; Gentlemen's stair-case ; Piazza ; Ladi... more

[Exterior view of stone church with 'stick style' bell tower] / Richar...

Exhibit loan 4105-L. Identified as All Saints Memorial Church, Navesink, N.J., built 1863-64. (Source: C.M. Greiff, 2007).

El-Kab (Élethya) - architecture hypogéenne - tombeau de Phapé - sculpt...

Detail view of painted bas-reliefs on wall of the tomb of Pahery, El Kab, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Par... more

El-Fourdjeh - [architecture hypogéene] - vue extérieure du tombeau / F...

Exterior view of rock-hewn tomb. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et Cie, [1858], pl. 143. Surrogate a... more

[Details of Chinese architecture] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles, sc...

Includes details of houses, the house of a mandarin in Tong-Chow, a porcelain tower near Peking, pagoda at How, and the entrance to the temple of Confucius in Tsing-hai.

Béni-Haçan - architecture hypogéenne - tombeau de Névothph / Félix Tey...

View of the Tomb of Khnumhotep III showing rock-hewn columns at entrance, Beni-Hasan, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix ... more

El-Fourdjeh - architecture hypogéene - peinture intérieure de la paroi...

Interior view of rock-hewn tomb showing paintings on the right side of the back wall. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard... more

El-Fourdjeh - architecture hypogéene - peinture intérieure de la paroi...

Interior view of rock-hewn tomb showing paintings on the left side of the back wall. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard.... more

Béni-Haçan - architecture hypogéenne - tombeau d'Amoneï / Félix Teynar...

View of the Tomb of Amenemhat showing rock-hewn columns at entrance, Beni-Hasan, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teyna... more

Design for clock for Hall of Representatives

U.S. Capitol (drawing).

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. South Wing. Hall...

Scaled. No. 929.

The Fourth Baptist Church, N.W. corner of Fifth & Buttonwood Streets, ...

Print shows an exterior view from the street of the Fourth Baptist Church, with pedestrians in the foreground and two pedestrians admiring a fountain on the right. Title from item. Exchange; Kennedy Galleries, ... more

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome and portico. East fron...

Includes figure Liberty by Thomas Crawford.

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome. Cupola roof. Plan, el...

Scaled and dimensioned. No. 1928.

The Fourth Baptist Church, N.W. corner of Fifth & Buttonwood Streets, ...

Print shows an exterior view from the street of the Fourth Baptist Church, with pedestrians in the foreground and two pedestrians admiring a fountain on the right. Title from item. Wainwright, 378 Purchase; Mar... more

City Hall, Washington

Shows District of Columbia City Hall, 451 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Built 1820-1849, George Hadfield, architect. Wood engraving by Van Vranken in the Illustrated News, 1853 April 16, p. 252. Refere... more

East pediment of the north wing, U.S. Capitol

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 75. Title from item. Printed on recto: Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. Engineer in Charge; T. Crawford; and Tho. U. Walter, architect. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1.... more

Thos. U. Walter

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Architect of U.S. Capitol; Birmingham, Ala. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; ... more

J.H.B. Latrobe

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Architect of the Capitol. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and ... more

Perspective view / L.N. Rosenthals Chromo Lith. Phila.

Print shows a perspective view of an Italianate style building on a street corner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; designed by architect Samuel Sloan, it may have been the residence of Joseph Harrison, Jr. at 221... more

Interior of George Steers' "model room", as it appeared at the time of...

Room with model ships on walls designed by famous marine architect. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1856 Dec. 13, p. 17. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - STEERS, GEORGE, 1820-1856. This rec... more

[Design drawing for stained glass window with architecture, scrolls an...

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Micah with vivid colo...

A.B. Young (of Boston) Supervising Architect, Treasury Department.

Photograph shows portrait of Ammi B. Young. Title from item. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).

[Design drawing for stained glass memorial windows showing Daniel the ...

[Design drawing for stained glass window with text "My Kingdom is not ...

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Archangel Uriel with ...

[Design drawing for stained glass Memorial window showing Entry into J...

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Young Christ in the T...

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Candlemass scene with...

[Design drawing with text "He that Dwelleth in the Secret Place..." an...

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing abstracted, skewed-pe...

[Design drawing for mural with Sage Chapel, Young Manhood, Education, ...

[System of buttresses at the Reims cathedral]

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century .... London : J.H. and J. Parker, 1859. Published in: The tradition of techn... more

[Thomas Ustick Walter, Architect of Capitol, 1851-1865]

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 65. Title devised by Library staff. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Elevation of dome of U.S. Capitol

Architect of the Capitol item number: 003150.1290, Walter, no. 1902. Title from item.

[Sketches of various mechanical devices]

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century .... London : J.H. and J. Parker, 1859. Published in: The tradition of techn... more

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Dome details. Second story....

Window, showing architectural decorations and detail of structural ironwork. Inscription: "Details of second story of dome." Scaled and dimensioned. No. 1873.

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Domes. Cupola roof. Plan, e...

Architecture

Earth and rock dwellings in semi-arid area, possibly Palestine. Title from item.

Central Park, New York, New York. Fountain design Richard M. Hunt, arc...

Landscape design drawing shows design for fountain at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010... more

[Notre Dame, Paris, France. View of spire, roof with statuary, and cit...

Photograph showing the new spire designed by architect Viollet-le-Duc, looking towards the Île Saint-Louis. Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil: Flêche de Notre Dame, Viollet-le-Duc Ar. Blind st... more

Central Park, New York, New York. Gate design R.M. Hunt, architect

Landscape design drawing shows design for gate entrance to park, possible at 6th Avenue. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP... more

Dome of the U.S. Capitol. Ornament at spring of cupola, full size (dev...

Print shows detail of architectural ornament for the cupola of the dome on the U.S. Capitol at Washington, D.C. Title from item. "The model for this Ornament to be put up in its place on the Dome, and its effec... more

Architecture. Egypt

Ruins of a building built into or near a mountain.

John P. Gaynor, architect...New York..

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Geraty.

Atlantic Building, [Providence, Rhode Island]

Stereograph showing Atlantic Building, Providence, Rhode Island, with tenants Economical Mutual Life Insurance Co., Atlantic Fire & Marine Insurance Co., First National Bank, Cranston Savings Bank, and Nickerso... more

Hill, James G. (Architect)

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 366 [crossed out], 327 [crossed out], 364, 30709 [crossed out], Jas. G. Hill. Credit line: Brady-Handy ph... more

Lincoln's second inaugural

President Lincoln delivering his inaugural address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1865. Photograph from Architect of the Capitol, AOC no. 16837.

James G. Hill Architect

Hill, James G. (Architect)

New York Historical Society, New York, New York. Exterior Designed by ...

Architectural drawing shows design for New York Historical Society building as section. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-... more

[Union League Club, New York City (project). Elevation. Rendering] / R...

Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR ... more

[J.Q.A. Ward houses, 7 and 9 West 49th Street, New York City]

Photograph from architect Richard Morris Hunt's archive showing a double house in the Neo-Grec style, with connecting studio space, which he designed for sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward. Title devised by Librar... more

Clark (Architect of Capitol)

[William Shakespeare monument, Central Park, New York City. Rendering]...

Original architectural drawing showing Hunt's unrealized design for the pedestal of Ward's sculpture. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; ... more

Clark (Architect of Capitol)

Clark (Architect of Capitol)

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 849, Clarke; penciled on emulsion: Clarke, Architect of Capitol, 4208. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograp... more

Clark (Architect of Capitol)

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 4200, Clarke, architect; penciled on emulsion: 4200. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Libr... more

[Roosevelt building, New York City. Façade. Elevation]

Original architectural drawing showing a cast-iron front commercial building, commissioned from architect Hunt by Roosevelt Hospital as an investment property.

[Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building. Second story showing ...

Competition drawing showing second story alcoves, clerks offices, and chart rooms as plan. Inscription: "Plan of second story showing third tier of alcoves" ; "Scale 1/16 in. = one foot" ; "Samuel Sloan, archit... more

Views of construction of New City Building, Philadelphia, John McArthu...

Architect John McArthur, Jr., chief assistant architect Thomas Ustick Walter, and building superintendent William C. McPherson standing before the sub-basement of Philadelphia's new City Building, Aug. 1874, no... more

Laying the corner stone of the Public Building, Phila., Pa., July 4, 1...

U.S. Assay Office, Helena, Montana

Photocopy of architectural rendering. Wm. A. Potter, Supervising [architect], Treasury Dept. Title from item.

Design for U.S. Court House and Post Office, Auburn, N.Y.

Photocopy of architectural rendering. Wm. A. Potter, Supervising Architect, Treasury Dept. Title from item.

U.S. Government Building, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Par...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 14. Copyright by Schwarzmann & Pohl, architects.

Agricultural Hall, International Exhibition, 1876--Fairmont Park, Phil...

Illus. in: Album of the International exhibition at Philadelphia to commemorate the centennial of the United States of America. New York : J. Bien, 1875, plate 12. Copyright by Schwarzmann & Pohl.

U.S. Post Office, Dover, Del.

Photocopy of architectural rendering. Wm. A. Potter, Supervising Architect, Treasury Dept. Title from item.

[Richard Baker Jr. house, Westcliff, Ledge Road, Newport, Rhode Island...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt.

Mrs. William F. (Elizabeth Underhill) Coles house, outbuilding, Bellev...

Photograph shows view of outbuilding designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Title devised by Library staff. Handwritten on verso: "[Mrs. Coles, Newport ... 12/4/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / American... more

[Mrs. William F. (Elizabeth Underhill) Coles house, Bellevue Avenue an...

Photograph shows view of mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Title devised by Library staff. Handwritten on verso: "[Mrs. Coles, Newport ... CEP, 10/29/76]." Gift; American Institute of Architects / Americ... more

Long Island Cottage

Front elevation and first floor plan. Copyrighted by Daniel T. Atwood. Illus. in: Atwood's Modern American Homesteads, copyrighted by Daniel T. Atwood, architect, plate 4. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - DWELLING... more