drawings

[Study for "Entry into the forest" mural, Hispanic Division, Library o...

Drawing shows several men, one drinking from a stream, in a forest with a small deer. Gift; Cândido Portinari; 1942 April 6. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

Idi Amin - Public domain photogrpaph

Caricature shows Idi Amin, President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 as a bloated, powerful figure in military dress covered with medals and insignia, holding a sceptor, and crowned by a small head with heavy featu... More

Blacksmith 1st Massachusetts. Arty. Harrisons

Title inscribed below image. A small faint sketch of tents on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.474) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file H. Forms part of: Morgan collection... More

[Dauneport, the Amy E. Dupont estate, Wilmington, Del. Plot plan]

Title devised by cataloger. Signed. With topographical markings. Gift of Mary Craig Skewes-Cox, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Gift; Mary Craig Skewes-Cox; (PR 13 CN 1992:220) mi / 860623. ... More

View of burned district Richmond

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed lower left: Niggers with axes and picks. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.210). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

View of burned district Richmond

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed lower left: Niggers with axes and picks. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.210). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

[Bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsy...

Inscriptions on recto: "Section, E & W. through the Transfer & Loan Offices." "BHenryBLatrobe 1818." "13" "16." Lined with paper. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrob... More

[Ford near Shepherdstown, on the Potomac. Pickets firing across the ri...

Soldiers resting, and firing guns on the banks of the Potomac. Title devised from Harpers Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 11, 1862. Inscribed upper left: 1st [illegible inscription] Gift, J.P. Mo... More

Review by the President of the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac

Signed lower right: Alf R [Waud]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: General Buford's division of regulars passing by the general gallopping[sic] to the head of the column. Published in: Harper... More

Wason Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. - railway c...

Print showing bird's-eye view of the Wason railroad car manufacturing company facilities at Springfield, Massachusetts, with the Connecticut River in the background. Caption continues: Works at Brightwood five... More

[Woman wearing a tapada seated on a stone block, Peru]

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

Couple at the races / Plummer. - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows a young, well-dressed couple walking their dog at the horse races.

[General Sherman at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.]

Sketch of Union troops charging towards Kennesaw. Title devised. Inscribed upper left: 110. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.205). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms... More

Washington Crossing Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Fortieth Stree...

See also HABS PA-1179 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal deck arch bridge. Its unique architectural details, forged in a suc... More

Washington Crossing Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Fortieth Stree...

See also HABS PA-1179 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal deck arch bridge. Its unique architectural details, forged in a suc... More

On the margin of the sea - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Sure tip by the sand sculptor" written in sand. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, June 28, 1909.

[Scenes on the road: roasting corn and foraging]

Two sketches: three men eating at a campfire; two men gathering chickens. Title devised from inscriptions below images: roasting corn ; foraging. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.160) Reference print a... More

Plantain Walk - Bookkeeper - Watchman and Hut - man with casks of wate...

Title transcribed from finding aid. Further description on verso: Jamaica scenery 4 - Plantain walk - watchman's hut, Negro watchman & book-keeper - Negro on a mule. Exhibited: Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Minot's Ledge Light House Massachusetts Bay, near Cohasset / / drawn b...

Print of measured drawing shows lighthouse as elevation and sections. 39 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in ink on verso: (Minot's Ledge Light House) Dep. Feb. 9 1860 Recorded vol. 35 page 94. No. 39. Publica... More

On Hancocks front-- the soldiers ha[ving] no picks and shovels used ba...

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed lower left: June 3rd. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.77) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Robbing the orchard - Drawing. Public domain image.

No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Puck, July 14, 1909.

Captain Varians battery N.Y. 8th S.M. having their first shot at the e...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Oct. 18-1861 Varians battery near Fairfax. Inscribed above sketch on verso: The advance of Federal troops in line of battle of skirmishers to the front approa... More

Some impressions of Mr. Blaine's letter

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 4:57 (July 31, 1884).

Alice Barber Stephens - There was silence betwen them and she tortured...

Variant title: Ellin and I had both seen her. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Heart's Country" by Mary Heaton Vorse, Woman's home co... More

Genl. Stevensons Headqurters--Harpers Ferry during American Civil War

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 11, 1865, p. 153. Inscribed upper left: Dec. 1864. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.517) Reference print... More

That old tower leaped into the sky in chunks

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 90.

Convention 1861 - Public domain portrait drawing

One bust portrait of Benjamin Butler and four full-length sketches of figures bowing. Title inscribed below image. Five full-length studies of figures gesturing. See also Waud, no. 864. Formerly Waud no. B-100.... More

Collecting forage. Escort skirmishing n. Harrison

Title inscribed below image. Date inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.323) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Chickamauga - Public domain scenic drawing

Confederate line advancing through forest toward Union troops. Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.212). Reference print available in the Civil War Dra... More

The coach was once king of the road -- now it's the Oldsmobile

Advertisement for Oldsmobile. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The trombone players climb the steep belfry stair to blow stately chor...

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Christmas in a Town of Festivals" by William Armstrong, Delineator, 89:5 (Dec. 1916). BAR updated record... More

Fort Sumter 1865, Confederate States of America.

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: White; Reddish light gravel; Red Funnel. Inscribed below inset: Middle ground battery. Several full-length soldiers sketched on verso. Inscribed on verso: Ret... More

Wounded soldier leaning on a pitchfork at Battle of the Wilderness, Ma...

"Wounded soldier leaning on a pitchfork leaving the Battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864" on mat Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.214) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Charge of the 6th Michigan cavalry over the rebel earthworks nr. Falli...

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.198) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1868. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Charles Willson Peale to Thomas Jefferson, December 28, 1813, with Dra...

with Drawings Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Leander - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1934:0044). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Old National Pike," Harper's magazine, 59:809 (Nov. 1879).

The rear of the column - Public domain scan / drawing

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.312) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Lockhouse Chesapeake and Ohio canal

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Maryland heights from towpath. Inscribed under title: Lock on the Canal. Date inscribed twice, once under signature, once below image. ... More

Blacksmiths department Hd. qts. Army of the Potomac

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 18, 1863, p. 244. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.485) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawi... More

The wall garden - Public domain scan / drawing

Public domain image of architecture, drawing building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[U.S. Capitol after burning by the British]

Drawing shows the ruins of the U.S. Capitol following British attempts to burn the building; includes fire damage to the Senate and House wings, damaged colonnade in the House of Representatives shored up with ... More

A certain expression that generally did the business

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Our Foolish Virgins" by Eliot Gregory, Century, 63:15 (Nov. 1901).

Those cannon on the forward deck

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, June 5, 1915, p. 1.

Those cannon on the forward deck

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, June 5, 1915, p. 1.

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

[Encyclopedic manuscript containing allegorical and medical drawings]....

Manuscript on vellum. Gothic script in black and red. Pen-and-ink drawings, some slightly colored, with explanatory text in German or Latin. Subject matter and form of presentation is similar to that in 15th ce... More

[The new commercial industry (two salesmen representing rain-making or...

Title from handwritten notation on mat. (DLC/PP-1957:0048). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Puck, Sept. 8, 1891.

Cadets reporting their sections

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: H.P. Nickerson, Newport, Black & case, New(?) Rough sketch man and bowsprit on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-159. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1086)... More

Cleveland. Book illustration from Library of Congress

No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

[Sketches of figures in repose]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Four figure studies and a sketch of feet. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.365) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Cavalry marching out of Harpers Ferry

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: 1864. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.481) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file E. Forms part of... More

Roach's Springs, Virginia Encampment of the Connecticut Volunteers Fir...

Soldiers relaxing around a tent, with two on picket duty. Title inscribed below image. Mathematical sum inscribed lower right. The Connecticut regiment began occupying Roach's Springs on 2 June, 1861. Lean-tos ... More

[Maid bringing card to people having tea; two children on the floor pl...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: book (?) by Louisa May Alcott.

Baby ducks with a chicken - Public domain book illustration

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1938.0056). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The birds of America; from original drawings ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bird in flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The birds of America; from original drawings ...

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

Plan of main work, Allatoona cut

Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. C-81. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1008) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Center Glatt, shopping mall, hotel, and high-rise offices, Glatt, near...

Title devised by cataloger. Attribution based on similarity of drawings to reference source. Planning and design done in cooperation with the stores Globus, Jelmoli, and Migros, with rentable area of ca. 90,000... More

8th Penn Cavalry, crossing at Ely's Ford, before battle of Chancellors...

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.97) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

All Fool's Day. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Small drawings depicting: "The first fool" (Eve), "A classic fool," "And the moon's a trifle loony," "Mother Goose's proposed monument (fools even in Boston)," "One of Shakespeare's fools" (a midsummer night's ... More

[Room interior in Abraham Lincoln's home, Springfield, Illinois]

Drawing shows table and pictures on wall; sketched at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's burial in Springfield, Ill., May 3-4,1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2010) Title... More

Take that, he feebly said, and swear that it shall be delivered

Three Heroes, Confederate States of America

General Robert E. Lee on horseback flanked by Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart, riding in review before a crowd of cheering soldiers. 11190Y U.S. Copyright Office. Title inscribed in brown ink below image. Insc... More

I received an appointment as teacher in a district school

(DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Log Cabin Lady," Delineator, 99:5 (Dec. 1921).

I'm so glad you've found me : oh, take me away!

Illustration shows a man in the audience standing and reaching toward a small girl, who stands on stage, with her arms outstretched. Several people in the audience turn and look at the man and each other, in su... More

[Man and woman playing battledore and shuttlecock on hotel porch]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leading exponents of the "manly art"

O21640 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hyde, J.G.

Confederates advancing to the capture of disabled guns. Gaines Mills

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed right of image with arrow indicator: Rifle pits. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.272) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings... More

Rising vigorously out of the earth was a little rose bush

Shelflist card title: Why, it's the rosie, said Jeremy, triumphantly. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Flowers" by Margarita Spalding... More

Nr. Yorktown Historic map, Library of Congress

Wagons leaving the port. Title inscribed below image. On verso is part of a printed map upon which the drawing was made. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.434) Reference print available in the Civil War... More

Fall in for soup - company mess

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.314) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Nov 25 1863.

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed under image: Corse [sic] v Cleburnes fight Missionary ridge, Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.230) Reference print availabe in the Civil War Drawings file 1863. ... More

For Ft. Fisher direct. The Expedition leaving the Chesapeake

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 31, 1864. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.534) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file ... More

[On the beach at Narragansett Pier]

Title from Harper's. (DLC/PP-1932:0040). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 44:811 (Sept. 1, 1900).

Making parrallels [sic]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Soldiers digging trenches. Signed lower right: A. R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 504 as part of : General Grant's Campaign in the trenches before Petersburg.... More

The rebels covered by a ledge of rock repulsing the troops on the righ...

Signed lower left of image: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed vertically right margin: Genl Sumners attack. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.300) Reference print available in the Civil War Dr... More

A tree is known by its fruits - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Women in conversation] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Christmas Dancers" by Edith M. Thomas, Century, 59:166 (Dec. 1899).

Genl Robinsons fly at Gettysburg

Soldiers seated under tent "fly" beneath a tree. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-69. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.996 verso) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

And this is no scrap of paper - Drawing. Public domain image.

French military officer (Ferdinand Foch) with sword showing paper "Terms, the German people must pay for all damage to civilians on land or sea or from the air" to German military officer, possibly William II. ... More

Lincoln and his contemporaries - Public domain drawing

Three scenes showing: Lincoln with Stanton, Seward, Sumner, Douglas, Seymore, and Chase, in 1858; Lincoln and six legislators, with the U.S. Capitol in background, in 1865; and Lincoln standing, with dome of th... More

Ruins of Columbia - Public domain city architecture drawing

Title inscribed above image. Possibly by William Waud or Theodore R. Davis. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.646) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Exhibited in: "The American Civ... More

[Cedar Creek, Virginia] - Public domain drawing

Signed lower left: AR Waud. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.234) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Playing hookey - Drawing. Public domain image.

Roosevelt with paper, "Markets of the world," running with boy, "Panama Canal," away from the "sacred tariff wall." Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library o... More

Brad waved to his mother - Drawing. Public domain image.

(DLC/PP-1934:0221). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Substance of Things Hoped For" by Rose Young, Harper's magazine, 114:907 (May 1907).

[Interior of room showing fireplace & windows]

Title devised. Rough sketches on verso of man playing drum, women, and ship. Inscribed:[?]. Formerly Waud no. B-66. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.831) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Fairmount Waterworks on the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylva...

James Fuller Queen, artist and lithographer / by Carl Malcolm Cochran. Thesis (M.A.) University of Pittsburgh, 1954, no. 21. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gathe... More

[Glendale, Virginia] - Public domain scenic drawing

Title devised from inscription on verso. Inscribed on verso: 7 days battle...Glendale, Va... June 30th 62- Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.310) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library"), Washington, D.C. Persp...

Exhibited: Unbuilt Washington, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2011-May 2012. Conservation control number 08.83.165.10.

[Sailing ship with three masts]

Title devised. Detail of an unidentified piece of marine equipment on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.87) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Midnight before Petersburg] - Public domain scenic drawing

Title devised from Harper's Weekly title. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 8, 1864, pp. 648-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.735) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 186... More

Alice Barber Stephens - Sketches from cat life

No publication information. (DLC/PP-1932:0083). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More

Hubert François Gravelot - Drawings for the illustrations of Boccaccio...

One hundred and fifteen mounted pencil, and pen-and-ink sketches, and some completed drawings in ink and bistre (10 of which are repeated). Not the full series for the 1757 edition of Decamerone, which comprise... More