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[Home of Lord Timothy Dexter, Newburyport, Massachusetts with wooden statues on pillars and passersby enjoying the view]

[Home of Lord Timothy Dexter, Newburyport, Massachusetts with wooden s...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.96) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 682. Erroneously inscribed below image: "John Rubens Smith, pinxt" before leaving England some time before 1807.... See also: PGA - Bufford View of ...... More

Guann's near Fort - Swift, Brooklyn / J.R. Smith, fecit., 1817.

Guann's near Fort - Swift, Brooklyn / J.R. Smith, fecit., 1817.

Drawing shows the landscape of a rural area in Brooklyn with cattle grazing on a dirt road. Ships travel through what may be Gowanus Canal in the distance. (DLC/PP-1995:140.268) Philadelphia Print Shop Invento... More

[Southwest view of the U.S. Capitol building with cast-iron fence. Preliminary drawing]

[Southwest view of the U.S. Capitol building with cast-iron fence. Pre...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 658. (DLC/PP-1996:032.3). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

Boston, Charlestown & Bunker Hill as seen from the fort at Roxbury, 1828

Boston, Charlestown & Bunker Hill as seen from the fort at Roxbury, 18...

Bird's-eye view of Boston and vicinity showing distant view of Beacon Hill and the Massachusetts State House. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gathering history: t... More

[Scene with windmill on right, Brooklyn Navy Yard to left]

[Scene with windmill on right, Brooklyn Navy Yard to left]

(DLC/PP-1995:140.256) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 256. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

Boston, Charlestown & Bunker Hill as seen from the fort at Roxbury, 1828

Boston, Charlestown & Bunker Hill as seen from the fort at Roxbury, 18...

Bird's-eye view of Boston and vicinity showing distant view of Beacon Hill and the Massachusetts State House. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gathering history: t... More

View of Philadelphia as seen from top of Great Ship House, Augt. 1829 / Smith, John R.

View of Philadelphia as seen from top of Great Ship House, Augt. 1829 ...

(DLC/PP-1996:023.12) Notations below, above and within image identify types of ships and places. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 152. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

[Fairmount Waterworks on the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[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

[Mr. Graupner - seated and holding music]

[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 of their work]

[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).

Belvidere Bridge over Jones's Falls, Baltimore, Aug. 1828

Belvidere Bridge over Jones's Falls, Baltimore, Aug. 1828

(DLC/PP-1995:140.427) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 427. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress).

[Interior wall with architectural ornaments of the U.S. Capitol building with portrait of George Washington at Dorchester Heights by Gilbert Stuart and unidentified portrait of a man, possibly John Adams, on display]

[Interior wall with architectural ornaments of the U.S. Capitol buildi...

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 668. (DLC/PP-1996:032.13). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

[Southwest view of the U.S. Capitol building with the Tripoli Monument at the west front. Preliminary drawing]

[Southwest view of the U.S. Capitol building with the Tripoli Monument...

Date based on the depiction of the Tripoli Monument. (Source: Pam Scott) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 659. (DLC/PP-1996:032.4). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

[Fairmount Waterworks on the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[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

New York from Fort Wood - Public domain scenic drawing

New York from Fort Wood - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows a panoramic view of New York from Bedloe's Island. A group of people in a boat row away from the island into the harbor. (DLC/PP-1995:140.269) Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory no. 269. Forms pa... More

Georgetown from Lee Hill From Fort Lee at Georgetown, Washington, D.C

Georgetown from Lee Hill From Fort Lee at Georgetown, Washington, D.C

Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 673. (DLC/PP-1996:032.18). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).

A sketching party taking their repast, drawn on the spot byJ.R. Smith 1817, and attempted to colour in 1846, 29 years after'd

A sketching party taking their repast, drawn on the spot byJ.R. Smith ...

Drawing shows a group of people sharing food outdoors under a grove of trees. Their sketchpads rest on a rock on the left. (DLC/PP-1995:140.56) Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 56. Forms part of: Marian ... More