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Cows grazing in lowlands near stream, houses in the background, on the upper elevations of the banks of the stream

Cows grazing in lowlands near stream, houses in the background, on the...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

[Preliminary sketch, with grid, of the driveway in front of Mount Vernon]

[Preliminary sketch, with grid, of the driveway in front of Mount Vern...

Drawing shows a preliminary sketch, set on a grid, of the circular drive in front of the manor house at Mount Vernon, including outbuildings on the left and tall trees in the background. Philadelphia Print Sho... More

West front - a duplicated copy from the col[ore]d one Bullfinch's [i.e. Bulfinch's] favorite.

West front - a duplicated copy from the col[ore]d one Bullfinch's [i.e...

Drawing shows west front of the U.S. Capitol. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 663. (DLC/PP-1996:032.8). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Boy fishing beside a stream while a girl watches over his shoulder, also, at center, a building with plane or skid for rolling logs

Boy fishing beside a stream while a girl watches over his shoulder, al...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Easton, Pennsylvania from Philipsburg i.e., Phillipsburg Rock

Easton, Pennsylvania from Philipsburg i.e., Phillipsburg Rock

Study sketch shows a bird's-eye view of Easton, Pennsylvania, from across the Delaware River. Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: Easton, Pa. from Philipsburg Rock. Stamped on verso: From the file of Ja... More

Shamokin from Mount Carmel road 1851

Shamokin from Mount Carmel road 1851

Drawing shows houses and other buildings at Shamokin, Pennsylvania, a coal mining community, with mountains to the right and in the background, and a heavily forested area on the left; shows many buildings on b... More

Kaighn Avenue ferry terminal, Camden, New Jersey, of the South Camden Ferry Company, seen from the road looking toward the river, ferry partially visible at left side of the building; also shows masts of a ship docked nearby

Kaighn Avenue ferry terminal, Camden, New Jersey, of the South Camden ...

Identification based on 1913 postcard on www.dvrbs.com website. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1852. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... More

Cows in the shade of a tree - Public domain scenic drawing

Cows in the shade of a tree - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a tall tree with two cows in the shade of the tree. Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: Aug. 11th/55. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105)... More

Capitol large & farm smaller - Public domain  drawing

Capitol large & farm smaller - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows west front of the U.S. Capitol and its reflection in the Washington City Canal; vignette of cows in upper right. On verso: Faint unidentified sketch. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 664. (... More

Water or holding tank with downspout "in light"

Water or holding tank with downspout "in light"

Drawing shows a large tank on a raised platform at the edge of a river, with a stairway leading to a dock, a chute descending to the waters edge, also a wharf extending into the river. Appears to be a fragment... More

Sketch of a tree in winter beside a boulder at water's edge, a man fishes from a wharf in the background

Sketch of a tree in winter beside a boulder at water's edge, a man fis...

Paper trimmed on the top through a watermark in the upper left: [J. Rob]eson Phila. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collec... More

Carriage or fire engine - Public domain  drawing

Carriage or fire engine - Public domain drawing

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Lighthouse above small house 1866

Lighthouse above small house 1866

Drawing shows a small house, possibly the lighthouse keeper's residence, with the lighthouse behind it. Inscribed in pencil on upper right: 1866. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-... More

West front of the Capitol as seen from the common or ground of the comtemplated Mall

West front of the Capitol as seen from the common or ground of the com...

Drawing shows west front of the U.S. Capitol with fountain before installation of the Tripoli Monument in 1831; Washington City Canal in foreground. On verso: Outline of bird's-eye view of the Capitol. Philade... More

North west [i.e., east] view from 3rd story of Mrs. Davis boarding house

North west [i.e., east] view from 3rd story of Mrs. Davis boarding hou...

Drawing shows a bird's-eye view of the eastern façade of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., from the north-east, showing the plaza in front of the building, the Senate wing, the north end terrace, and dome; ... More

James Ranmey, Zerby coal bason i.e., basin 1851

James Ranmey, Zerby coal bason i.e., basin 1851

Drawing shows an exterior view of a small house with a porch off the left and a shed off the right, with trees around the sides and back, in the Zerby vein coal basin, Little Lick Mountain, in Pennsylvania. In... More

Building, perhaps a hospital or school, with steeple?

Building, perhaps a hospital or school, with steeple?

One drawing on the front and one on the back of the same sheet. Possibly the same or different buildings. Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... More

Design for advertisement, Charles Oakford & Sons, furrier and hatter, located at 104 Chestnut Jas. F. Queen

Design for advertisement, Charles Oakford & Sons, furrier and hatter, ...

Drawing shows a street view of the façade of a storefront with entrances, windows with merchandise displays, awning over an entrance, and lightly sketched pedestrians; across top are samples of lettering and de... More

From atop the Indian leap towards the imbankment [sic] which forms the reservoir named Deep Gap / J.R.S. 1821.

From atop the Indian leap towards the imbankment [sic] which forms the...

Drawing shows a bird's-eye view of the reservoir at Deep Gap, North Carolina, with mountains and forest. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 641. (DLC/PP-1992:217.12). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith colle... More

Worker, perhaps a mason or hod carrier, seen from behind holding a shovel with left hand and his right hand resting on a loaded hod poised against a supporting frame

Worker, perhaps a mason or hod carrier, seen from behind holding a sho...

Paper trimmed on right side through a watermark at lower right: J. Robes[on]. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection a... More

Philipsburg Rock, N.J. from "Mount Ida" Easton, Pennsylvania, 1850

Philipsburg Rock, N.J. from "Mount Ida" Easton, Pennsylvania, 1850

Inscribed in pencil on lower right corner: Philipsburg Rock, N.J. from "Mount Ida" Easton, Pa., 1850. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 3 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms par... More

Firefighter standing next to a ladder carriage

Firefighter standing next to a ladder carriage

Inscribed in pencil at top: track maroon, ladders white. Sketch on verso shows two figures seated together, one gesturing with right arm raised. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at ... More

Boating scene on the Schuylkill River, three people in a rowboat, oarsmen in a scull, and a pleasure boat in front of a structure on the shore that is not the Fairmount Water Works

Boating scene on the Schuylkill River, three people in a rowboat, oars...

Inscribed in pencil at top right are instructions for colors. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of... More

Interior of clothier, with rolls of fabric, dummies, and two men

Interior of clothier, with rolls of fabric, dummies, and two men

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Man, "Wissler?", sketching on rock, perhaps Queen, monument and circular building beyond

Man, "Wissler?", sketching on rock, perhaps Queen, monument and circul...

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Regimental hospital 1863 - view from pulpit Regimental hospital 1863 - view from entrance.

Regimental hospital 1863 - view from pulpit Regimental hospital 1863 -...

Drawings show interior views of a regimental hospital. Titles from item. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Stone tavern on a dirt road, smoke coming out of chimney at rear of building, sign at front shows a bird riding on the back of an animal

Stone tavern on a dirt road, smoke coming out of chimney at rear of bu...

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1850. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part... More

Moravian Church, Bethlehem, from the Lehigh, 1850

Moravian Church, Bethlehem, from the Lehigh, 1850

Drawing shows the Central Moravian Church on Church Street in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; the spire on the belfry rises above the trees, in a park-like setting, with fences in the foreground. Inscribed in pencil ... More

Court house, Sunbury 1851 - Public domain historic place drawing

Court house, Sunbury 1851 - Public domain historic place drawing

Drawing shows an exterior view of the Northumberland County courthouse. Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Court House, Sunbury 1851. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 5... More

South east view from top of outside stairs at corner of the street

South east view from top of outside stairs at corner of the street

Drawing shows U.S. Capitol with gates and trees in foreground. On verso: Sketch of unidentified building plan, possible the U.S. Capitol. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 666. (DLC/PP-1996:032.11). Forms... More

Lafayette College, Easton and Delaware Bridge from Philipsburg i.e., Phillipsburg Rock, New Jersey, 1850

Lafayette College, Easton and Delaware Bridge from Philipsburg i.e., P...

Drawing shows a bird's-eye view of Easton from the New Jersey side of the Delaware River with the covered bridge at center and Lafayette College on a hill in the background. Inscribed in pencil on lower right ... More

Coal break, Shamokin 1851 - Public domain scan / drawing

Coal break, Shamokin 1851 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows the scaffolding of a coal break system with conveyers and chutes for loading railroad cars for transport to larger coal breaking facilities. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Coal break Shamokin... More

[George Washington standing at a plow, with Mount Vernon in the background]

[George Washington standing at a plow, with Mount Vernon in the backgr...

Drawing shows a preliminary sketch, set on a numbered grid, with George Washington, at center, standing between two plows; also shows another man plowing behind him, farm outbuildings, and the manor house in th... More

Draw bridge over Potomac at George Town, D.C. / J.R.S.

Draw bridge over Potomac at George Town, D.C. / J.R.S.

Drawing shows the Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River at Georgetown, Washington, D.C., with a covered wagon on the bridge; also shows men loading a boat with barrels from a loading dock at left center, with... More

Sketch of a house near a bridge

Sketch of a house near a bridge

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Oakland Hall near Norristown(?)

Oakland Hall near Norristown(?)

Drawing shows a large building on a hill, with a large lawn in front descending into the foreground, overlooking a smaller home or gatehouse on the lower right, next to the roadway; also shows a covered wagon o... More

Regimental hospital 1863 - view from pulpit Regimental hospital 1863 - view from entrance.

Regimental hospital 1863 - view from pulpit Regimental hospital 1863 -...

Drawings show interior views of a regimental hospital. Titles from item. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

East front - Capitol - First Street

East front - Capitol - First Street

Drawing shows east front of the U.S. Capitol and detail of gate and railing. Notation on recto: Double line of railing covers for pedestal of portico. On verso: Unidentified sketch. Philadelphia Print Shop Inv... More

Capitol large & farm smaller - Public domain scan / drawing

Capitol large & farm smaller - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows west front of the U.S. Capitol and its reflection in the Washington City Canal; vignette of cows in upper right. On verso: Faint unidentified sketch. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 664. (... More

League Island Bridge, Broad St., Mar. 3051

League Island Bridge, Broad St., Mar. 3051

Drawing shows two pedestrians crossing the League Island Bridge. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 6 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at ... More

Temple in Pratt's garden on the Schuylkill

Temple in Pratt's garden on the Schuylkill

Drawing shows a circular building with a cupola on top in a garden on "Lemon Hill", the property of Henry Pratt, on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as seen from the river. Includes a sketch ... More

House and factories as seen on the edge of a community

House and factories as seen on the edge of a community

Drawing shows a house from an oblique angle, with a gable roof on the front portion and a gambrel roof on the addition to the rear, includes a fenced yard, with two trees in the front. On the left is a row of f... More

Bridge over railroad tracks, with telegraph poles on the left

Bridge over railroad tracks, with telegraph poles on the left

Inscribed in pencil on lower right: 55. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part ... More

Chestnut - Public domain scenic drawing, engraving, Library of Congress

Chestnut - Public domain scenic drawing, engraving, Library of Congres...

Drawing shows the trunk and foliage of the chestnut tree. Inscribed in pencil on upper right corner: Chestnut. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms par... More

Nassau - Public domain scan / drawing

Nassau - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a portion of the front and right side of a large house with many windows, shutters, dormers, and chimneys, and several trees behind a picket fence, with hitching posts along the roadway, and a hor... More

Mine building or sawmill among rolling hills, probably in Pennsylvania

Mine building or sawmill among rolling hills, probably in Pennsylvania

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1851. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part... More

Three study sketches of a house, partially obscured by trees and grasses, and two cows, and on verso a sketch of a bush

Three study sketches of a house, partially obscured by trees and grass...

Sketches show a house with a cupola, at the edge of a roadway or stream, and two cows, one standing and one lying down; also, includes a sketch of a bush on the verso. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S... More

Waterscape showing the shore of the Delaware River and a sailboat at center

Waterscape showing the shore of the Delaware River and a sailboat at c...

Paper trimmed on right side through an unidentifiable watermark at upper right. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filin... More

Gap in Big Mountain, Zerby's Run, no. 1 vein, 1851

Gap in Big Mountain, Zerby's Run, no. 1 vein, 1851

Drawing shows the entrance to the Zerby's Run, no. 1 vein coal mine on Little Lick Mountain, in Pennsylvania, with a roadway or creek bed along the gap between the Big and the Little Lick Mountains, also shows ... More

Hotel Mount Carmel 1851 - Public domain scan / drawing

Hotel Mount Carmel 1851 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a building on the roadside with outbuildings and fenced corral; man seated in a horse-drawn wagon at front, near a sign hanging from a gibbet signpost. Includes a sketch of the head of a rabbit in... More

Bleaching Factory May 7th '54 - Public domain scan / drawing

Bleaching Factory May 7th '54 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a large factory complex on the far shore of a river, with a sailboat on the river at center in the foreground. Title title from item. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Bleaching Factory May 7th '... More

Eagle point fishing cabin May 3d '57

Eagle point fishing cabin May 3d '57

Drawing shows a cabin by a dike along the shore of the Delaware River, several men are wearing red coats.. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Eagle point fishing cabin May 3d '57. Paper trimmed on right side throug... More

Man walking with mule on a footpath along the shore of the Schuylkill River with Peter's Island on the left and the Columbia Bridge just ahead

Man walking with mule on a footpath along the shore of the Schuylkill ...

Drawing shows a man walking with mule on a footpath along the shore of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, with Peter's Island on the left and the Columbia Bridge spanning the river just ahead, a tow rope ext... More

Sketches of buildings, people and landscapes

Sketches of buildings, people and landscapes

Sketches on the front show two buildings, one possibly a church in a hilly landscape and in the upper left corner people among trees. Drawing on the back shows a small structure, possibly a house, in a landsca... More

Study sketches of weeds growing at a door; urn on a bench with a pot and pail beneath, and cup hanging from a nail; a partial bust portrait of a woman wearing a hat

Study sketches of weeds growing at a door; urn on a bench with a pot a...

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1850. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Lemon Hill May 17th '55 - Public domain scenic drawing

Lemon Hill May 17th '55 - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a view of "Lemon Hill" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from across the Schuylkill River; a man, sitting on a rock at the shore, is fishing and another person is standing alone atop the rocky embank... More

[George Washington standing at a plow, with Mount Vernon in the background]

[George Washington standing at a plow, with Mount Vernon in the backgr...

Drawing shows a preliminary sketch, set on a numbered grid, with George Washington, at center, standing between two plows; also shows another man plowing behind him, farm outbuildings, and the manor house in th... More

Factory at edge of river, tucked below rolling hills, train passing before it on the left; in the foreground, a man fishes near a barge in a canal

Factory at edge of river, tucked below rolling hills, train passing be...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Wissahikkon i.e., Wissahickon Station, Phla i.e., Philadelphia and Norristown RR Sta

Wissahikkon i.e., Wissahickon Station, Phla i.e., Philadelphia and Nor...

Drawing shows a railroad bridge over a river; railroad station near the center of the picture, Wissahickon, Pennsylvania. Date from inscription on lower left corner. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F.... More

Jersey shore near Beverley sic G.R. Bonfield 1859

Jersey shore near Beverley sic G.R. Bonfield 1859

Drawing shows the shoreline of the Delaware River near Beverly, New Jersey, with a dilapidated wharf at center and a sailboat just off shore. Signed and dated in pencil at bottom center. Inscribed in pencil on... More

Two views of rowboats at breakers on shore, with a sailing vessel in the distance; one view is right-side up and the other upside down

Two views of rowboats at breakers on shore, with a sailing vessel in t...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress). Irregular edge on the right, with lower right co... More

Two houses along a river, one up on a rocky embankment, the other closer to the water's edge. A figure, perhaps a woman with a parasol, walks toward the water's edge where a rowboat is on the shore

Two houses along a river, one up on a rocky embankment, the other clos...

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Unrelated mathematical computations inscribed on the verso. (DLC/PP-1997:... More

Two views, one of a shipwrecked vessel on the shore, the other of a lighthouse and outbuildings seen from a distance

Two views, one of a shipwrecked vessel on the shore, the other of a li...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress). Paper creased with fold, with one view appearing... More

Bridge overlooking cluster of buildings

Bridge overlooking cluster of buildings

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

House and factories as seen on the edge of a community

House and factories as seen on the edge of a community

Drawing shows a house from an oblique angle, with a gable roof on the front portion and a gambrel roof on the addition to the rear, includes a fenced yard, with two trees in the front. On the left is a row of f... More

The embankment on upper basin, the ladder conducting? to the top of the rocks that form the bed of the river J.R.S

The embankment on upper basin, the ladder conducting? to the top of th...

Drawing shows upper basin of the Great Falls of the Passaic River, Paterson, New Jersey. Initialed in pencil. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 642 (DLC/PP-1992:217.13). Forms part of: John Rubens Smith C... More

Ship in dry dock, probably Navy Yard

Ship in dry dock, probably Navy Yard

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Sketch of houses on embankment near river cascade with notations about color

Sketch of houses on embankment near river cascade with notations about...

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Trolley terminus, seen from across an expanse, three buildings in a row, and a church spire rising in right margin

Trolley terminus, seen from across an expanse, three buildings in a ro...

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Northumberland June 4, 1849 - Public domain scan / drawing

Northumberland June 4, 1849 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a the village of Northumberland from an elevated vantage point, at the confluence of the North Branch and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Northumberla... More

Sketch of a house with a gambrel roof, near a canal, "road", and "towpath"

Sketch of a house with a gambrel roof, near a canal, "road", and "towp...

Sketch on verso shows an end view of a house with a mansard roof at the top of a hill, and a fence at the bottom of the hill. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:1... More

Man with rifle leaning against fence near house with outbuildings

Man with rifle leaning against fence near house with outbuildings

Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Libra... More

Man sketching on a wharf with a dog seated next to him, in the background, to the left is a tree, at center, a long wharf with a pavilion, and on the right, a small sailboat offshore

Man sketching on a wharf with a dog seated next to him, in the backgro...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Cochran, 102 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing fil... More

Several firefighters around a hose carriage

Several firefighters around a hose carriage

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Entrance of Delaware Water Gap, 1850

Entrance of Delaware Water Gap, 1850

Drawing shows a house, on the left, at the base of a mountain near the bank of the Delaware River, which fills the center of the image; there appears to be a person standing on a rock on the edge of the river a... More

Trees near a precipice - Public domain scan / drawing

Trees near a precipice - Public domain scan / drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1850. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part... More

Topographical sketch of a city waterfront, with bare outlines of buildings and sailboats and a ship

Topographical sketch of a city waterfront, with bare outlines of build...

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Interior domestic scene with woman and child J. Queen de?

Interior domestic scene with woman and child J. Queen de?

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... More

President's house, Washington - Public domain scan / drawing

President's house, Washington - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a street level view of the southern façade of the White House in Washington, D.C., showing the South Portico at an oblique angle from the south-west with the West Wing Colonnade on the left and th... More

Temple in Pratt's garden on the Schuylkill

Temple in Pratt's garden on the Schuylkill

Drawing shows a circular building with a cupola on top in a garden on "Lemon Hill", the property of Henry Pratt, on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as seen from the river. Includes a sketch ... More

Study sketches of two ships - a sailing ship and a steamship, possibly a ferry

Study sketches of two ships - a sailing ship and a steamship, possibly...

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Hoffman - Public domain scan / drawing

Hoffman - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a large building or cluster of buildings with an observation tower with spiral stairway above a circular building; a railroad train passes in the lower left foreground. Inscribed in pencil on upp... More

Panoramic view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Panoramic view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sketch shows a panoramic view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing "Girard College" in the upper left, the "Columbia Railroad", and the "Cathedral" in the background (as identified on the mat by Marian S. Car... More

Lighthouse with outbuildings - Public domain scan / drawing

Lighthouse with outbuildings - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a lighthouse towering above two buildings, possibly dwellings. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing s... More

Saddlery at Shamoken i.e., Shamokin 1851

Saddlery at Shamoken i.e., Shamokin 1851

Drawing shows the front façade of a saddlery shop with the saddler standing at the doorway of his business, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Saddlery at Shamoken 1851. Sta... More

A drawing of a boat in a body of water Ferry(?) alongside a dock with buildings along the waterfront

A drawing of a boat in a body of water Ferry(?) alongside a dock with ...

Drawing shows a small ferry tied to a wharf, with buildings along the waterfront. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1852 [or] 1853. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. Notatio... More

Oakland Hall near Norristown(?), engraving, Library of Congress

Oakland Hall near Norristown(?), engraving, Library of Congress

Drawing shows a large building on a hill, with a portico, columns, and a large square cupola, and a large lawn in front descending into the foreground; overlooks a smaller home or gatehouse on the lower right, ... More

Two harness racing horses pulling their sulkies on race course

Two harness racing horses pulling their sulkies on race course

Drawing shows a harness race, tents in the center of the course identify the "U.S. Agricultural Society" and "President". Spectators in foreground seen from behind. Date from inscription on back of drawing. "... More

Sketches of buildings, people and landscapes

Sketches of buildings, people and landscapes

Sketches on the front show two buildings, one possibly a church in a hilly landscape and in the upper left corner people among trees. Drawing on the back shows a small structure, possibly a house, in a landsca... More

East front - Capitol - First Street

East front - Capitol - First Street

Drawing shows east front of the U.S. Capitol and detail of gate and railing. Notation on recto: Double line of railing covers for pedestal of portico. On verso: Unidentified sketch. Philadelphia Print Shop Inv... More

Waterfront scene with boats and buildings on embankment

Waterfront scene with boats and buildings on embankment

Drawing shows buildings, one from which the American flag flies, above embankment on river, train passing lower left?, rowboat on river, steamboat vertical to image on the right. Drawing undated. Supplied date... More

Man sitting in a chair among a cluster of trees, others nearby

Man sitting in a chair among a cluster of trees, others nearby

Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (L... More

Houseboat docked near grassland near shore 1842

Houseboat docked near grassland near shore 1842

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1842. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part... More

Old mill at "Mount Carmel" Pennsylvania 1851

Old mill at "Mount Carmel" Pennsylvania 1851

Drawing shows a sawmill with several logs in front, a ladder leaning against the roof, and possibly boards stacked on the left. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Old mill at "Mount Carmel" Pa. 1851. Stamped o... More

Regimental hospital, 1863 - Public domain historic place drawing

Regimental hospital, 1863 - Public domain historic place drawing

Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Regimental hospital, 1863. Inscribed in pencil on building: Brick. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Doc... More

Three study sketches of a house, partially obscured by trees and grasses, and two cows, and on verso a sketch of a bush

Three study sketches of a house, partially obscured by trees and grass...

Sketches show a house with a cupola, at the edge of a roadway or stream, and two cows, one standing and one lying down; also, includes a sketch of a bush on the verso. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S... More

Zerby's Run, 1851 - Public domain scenic drawing

Zerby's Run, 1851 - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a wooded scene with mountain stream at the location of Zerby's Run coal mine on Little Lick Mountain, in Pennsylvania. Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Zerby's Run, 1851. Stamped on verso: From the... More

Woodbury Creek, June 18th '54 - Public domain scan / drawing

Woodbury Creek, June 18th '54 - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows a sailboat tied to a wharf on a small creek or channel, with trees near the shore. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: Woodbury Creek, June 18th '54. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Qu... More

Sketch of a house with a gambrel roof, near a canal, "road", and "towpath"

Sketch of a house with a gambrel roof, near a canal, "road", and "towp...

Sketch on verso shows an end view of a house with a mansard roof at the top of a hill, and a fence at the bottom of the hill. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC/PP-1997:1... More

Building, perhaps a hospital or school, with steeple?

Building, perhaps a hospital or school, with steeple?

One drawing on the front and one on the back of the same sheet. Possibly the same or different buildings. Drawing undated. Supplied date based on Queen's years of activity. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... More