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Historical Manuscripts and Sketches

A collection of handwritten notes, sketches, and historical documents featuring various styles of writing and drawings related to architectural and environmental themes.

Samuel Root and David Root to the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands, April 1812 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Graphite sketch of wall graves with a cardinal hat before wall fields at San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome by Francesco Borromini on fine paper, including lettering.

Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, Sheet of Studies with Heraldic Designs, c. 1835, pencil on wove paper.

Frost feathers on Tip-Top House, Mt. Washington. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.)

Two Helmons and a Dinner Study, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1890 Page 66, Achterste Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Amsterdam (possibly) paper. chalk helmet. animals

Bear (p. 52 of the agenda). Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Bear (p. 52 of the agenda). Drawing, 1871. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

List of translations of the table of contents, c. 1900 - c. 1920 paper writing (processes) printed matter

Letter from James Lovell, February 1, 1780

Fundering, c. 1864 Page 154 from a sketchbook with 164 pages. paper. tracing paper. ink pen plan ~ architecture

View of an iceberg or ice cream, c. 1880 Page 23 Recto from a sketchbook with 110 sheets meant during the expedition to Nova Zembla in 1880. New Zembla pencil iceberg Barentszzee

bake National armed; The highest national council, faculty Military needs, national armed; 1794 (1794-00-00-1794-00-00);

Study, possibly of an animal, George Hendrik Breitner, 1883 - c. 1885 Page 33 from a sketchbook with 16 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk animals

Long Cove and adjacent roads , Streets

Map of a few plots of construction and pasture, located between the Vecht and the Lageweidschedijk in Utrecht, owned by the chapter of Oudmunster. With legend and explanation.

Sampler, Medium: cotton, linen Technique: embroidery, needle lace, cutwork on plain weave foundation, White on white sampler with six floral borders of graded widths., Mexico, ca. 1830, embroidery & stitching, Sampler

French Church Street, 1773-10-02

Design for a stained glass window, 1876-1924 Page 13 Verso from a sketchbook with 24 sheets. paper. chalk window

Old, vintage and blank page of parchment, manuscript or history artifact for scripture or literature against a studio background. Closeup of empty historical novel, journal or worn paper for research

Survey of a course 1780 - 1810. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Parade with cars and riders. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 5-Nov-1787 - 31-Aug-1808. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 155 mm × w 195 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sketch of the Emperor Franz monument in the Inner Burghof of the Hofburg, Vienna, by Pompeo Marchesi, showing the floor plan of the base, drawn in graphite and black ink after 1841.

Study, George Hendrik Breitner, 1884 - 1886 Page 1, Voorste Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 16 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk

Plan of Gilead (Peabody's Patent) surveyor's name not given, dated 1794-5. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State

Medical, information and drawing in book on paper in antique, vintage or old science textbook with knowledge. Archive, illustration and diagram on parchment with notes, science and study of organ

Brief aan Andries Bonger, Émile Bernard, in or before 1907 letter Thunder paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / printing money. applied arts, arts and crafts; industrial design. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). drawing Paris

Part of The Codex Forster II, a collection of pages with notes, sketches and drawings by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath and artist. Dated 15th Century

Levinson, Andrei Iakovlevich. Staryi i novyi balet. Old and New Ballet. S.Peterburg: Izd-vo Svobodnoe Iskusstvo, 1917.. text. Book jackets. 1917. Rare Book Division. Book jackets , Soviet Union, Avant-garde (Aesthetics) , Soviet Union

The arches of the second and third stories differ in proportion: and the caps are modified according to the different ... they surmount. 1854. text. Architectural drawings. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Oliver Leonard to William Smith, 4 January 1812 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Stone Poort, 1841 - c. 1853 Front bract from a sketchbook with 87 sheets. paper. ink. pencil pen gate, entrance

CARTA HIDROGRAFICA - PAGINA. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Two shots of a sitting man / rural buildings shepherds (two sided drawing) unknown

Route De La Corvette l'astrorabe au travers des Carolines, Tracée par Mr. Guilbert, enseigne de van. Avril, Mai, Juin, 1828. Carte générale, de la côte septentrionale, De La Nouvelle Guinée et de la côte Méridionale De La Nouvelle Bretagne Reconnues par le Capne de Frégate Dumont D'urville, levée et drefsée par M. Lottin , lieutenant de vaissean. expedition de la cprvelle de S.M. l'Astrolabe. Juillet, Août, Septembre 1827 Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. Cartographic. Maps. 1830 - 1835. General Research Division

Wellington (Nouvelle Zelande), 1843, by William Norgrove.

Head and profiles of a man, 1797 Page 0 from a sketchbook with 175 pages. paper. ink pen Page 0 from a sketchbook with 175 pages. paper. ink pen

Patent letter for the son of Capitain Brosigk with personal signature Frederick of the Great. Potsdam on 18 April 1755 (left) and stored Goethe. Eger on August 28, 1822 (by hand) (private possession of Netluk (today Pnětluky / Czech Republic)

Bridge, Pearl, Front, and Water Streets 1801. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Cartographic, Maps. 1868. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Real property , New York Metropolitan Area, Westchester County (N.Y.), New York Metropolitan Area Table of Air-line Distances. Small folder - S1

Lettre autographe de Francisque Arban à Dupuis-Delcourt (1841).. 1841. La Vaulx, Henry de, 1870-1930. Manuscripts, Portraits, Drawings, Prints. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Arban, Francesco, Dupuis-Delcourt, 1802-1864

Fig. 60 'De Tanaceto' in the Boodts Herbarium from 1640, Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1640 text sheet Beschrijving bij Fig. 60 op p. 119 In: Anselm Boë de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi 2. Imp. Roman. Physicians from the bedrooms of flowers, herbs, and fruits of selectior Icons, and the strength of the most unknown. Onderdeel van het album met Bladen en platen shipped de Boodts Herbarium van 1640. Het twaalfde van twaalf albums met Aquarellen van dieren, vogels en planten bekend Rond 1600, gemaakt in Opdracht van Keizer Rudolf 2. Used paper. ink letterpress printing

Plat map for Mount Wollaston Farm, Braintree, Massachusetts-Bay Colony

Map of the Hudson ... from Rhynbeck to Germantown. Bridges. Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1820. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. New York (N.Y.), New Jersey, Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) , Maps, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) , Maps, Post roads , New York (State)

Annotations, George Hendrik Breitner, 1893 Notes. Page 9 from a sketchbook with 22 sheets made in Amsterdam. Amsterdam paper. chalk

Note from J.A. van Huerne over a turbot (1801), Joseph van Huerne, 1809 - 1814 manuscript Note from J.A. van Huerne over a Tarbot, 15 August 1801. Binnet in the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. Used paper. ink pen boney fishes: turbot

Firman of Dara Shikoh dated A.H. 1059/A.D. 1649-50 This royal decree begins with the phrase Bismillah’, or In the name of God’, written in red ink. The two blocks of red text directly below are the tughras (imperial handsigns) of Shah Jahan and of his son and heir apparent Dara Shikoh, who was later killed in the struggle for succession. The main text of this document is written in nastaliq script and refers to a petition by Ghairat Khan requesting the aid of Shah Jahan.. Firman of Dara Shikoh 453387

Design of a write example: the French letter; Spieghel der wristin. Calligraphic drawing with four lines of letters and text in the French letter. The drawing is part of an album.

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, One of Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper, undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Flowers and designs for Elsevier's Illustrated Monthly. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 165 mm × w 206 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Copper engraving and etching by Raphael Sadeler the Younger from 1620-1622 showing Tabula IV, a military map for the Thirty Years' War highlighting troop movements, terrain, and fortifications.

Distances from Broadway to Church Street, from Division Street to Reade Street 1789. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Unterschiedliche neue Feston von Blumen und Früchten.Booklet of 5 blades with festotes from a series of 12. The sheets are tied together with thread, the booklet has no cover.

Paper over text page. Frate Nebridio (Italian, died before 1503, active second half of the 15th century)

Houses. Rear bract from a sketchbook with 34 sheets.

Partial floor plan of the SW corner of Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, by Francesco Borromini, on firm paper, drawn in graphite with construction lines, labeling, and annotations.

The Dead Eagle - Oran, William Miller, 1796-1882, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1837, Etching and engraving, with scraping out and touched with graphite (Engraver's Proof) on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 12 5/16 × 7 3/4 inches (31.3 × 19.7 cm), Plate: 11 7/16 × 6 1/16 inches (29.1 × 15.4 cm), and Image: 3 5/16 × 3 inches (8.4 × 7.6 cm)

Annotations, George Hendrik Breitner, 1909 Page 18, Achterste Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 8 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk

Wapen book of those under ... (Duke August to Saxony) as a clear top of the Palm-Order occupied fruitful society ...

Capture of a Rebel Brigade at Gettysburg July 1st 1863 by the 6th Wis, 95th New York and 14th New YorkS.M.. Title inscribed below image, 14th Brooklyn (14th N.Y.S.M.) also known as 84th New York Infantry Regiment, Signed lower left of watercolor image: Conrad Feitag Del, Inscribed above image: Testimonial / We the Undersigned Patients, in the U.S. Army General Hospital "Ladies Home" New York, desireous of expressing our Gratitude for the kind attention and good care, we have received from Surgeon Alex B. Mott U.S. Vols, beg him to accept the accompanying token of our esteem, Inscribed below signature: 14th Rgt, N.Y.S.M, Exchange, Kennedy Galleries, 1959, Conrad Freitag enlisted in the 84th Infantry (New York) in 1862 as a private. He was wounded at Laurel Hill, Virginia in 1864 and mustered out in 1865 from the Ladies Home Hospital as a Corporal. His regiment participated in the Winter Campaign, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness Campaign. (Source: American Civil War Research Database). Un

Document dated May 3, 1777, from Boston, Massachusetts. It is an autograph document certified as a true return by John Greaton, Colonel. The document is endorsed with an order for payment by W. Heath, Major General, and countersigned by J. Keith, Secretary pro Tempore. The document is receipted and includes a strip

10 Heller from Durnstein an der Donau,Notgeld. Mint: Durnstein an der Donau

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Sketchbook 1880-1890 France. Pen and black, brown, and blue inks and graphite on ivory wove paper . Henry Somm, (François Clément Sommier)

Old book of debts, Tyrol

Annotations, George Hendrik Breitner, 1886 - c. 1890 Page 64, Vrij Schutblad, from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Amsterdam (possibly) paper. chalk. pencil

Thirteen plaster casts. .

Kinchette (Pycnostachys abyssinica), Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, undated, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 inches (32.4 × 22.9 cm), details, leaves

The Common or field 1770 - 1810. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Dorpsstraat, 1859 - 1864 Page 7 Recto from a sketchbook with 77 sheets. paper. pencil. ink pen village street

Zeegezicht; Zee..Drawing in a frame. Leaf 53 Recto from a sketchbook with 54 sheets.

Scroll 3, scene 16, 1650 - 1699

Study. Front bract from a sketchbook with 24 sheets.

Thomas Sully, 1783-1872, American, Hints for Composition by Varley - 1805, 1805. Gray wash, with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper.

Lazio Roma Poli Palazzo dei Conti4. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 12th. c. palace, completely redone in 16th. c., including flank, palace chapel and long portal leading to courtyard. Several views of courtyard fountain and loggia, including ceiling frescoes. Many views of the salon and its frescoes. Views of private chapel, with altar painting by Cavaliere d'Arpino and alabaster statues. Many views of entrance hall and its frescoes. Antiquities: Two views of Roman sarcophagus used as water basin. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city,

USA, Massachusetts, New Bedford, Whaling Museum. Whaling diary from aboard the ship, Arab of Fairhaven, c. 1842-1845. (Large format sizes available)

The Queens closet opened. Fly leaf with signatures.

CALENDARIO D.I.1 FOL 2V. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION, SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL, MADRID, SPAIN.

CALENDARIO D.I.1 FOL 2V. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Leaf year a cash register for in the 17th century.The notes appear to affect payment of salaries to preachers, Gevaldiger and Fishes M.M.On one side of the blade, the year 1643 is mentioned. Far later with blue pencil, note note dates the blade to 1654.bladet has been recycled as a stick paper.There are two sketches of a coat of arms with inscription HMK Thor, a sketch of a portrait and a sketch of a man reading newspaper .. Blade is a cash register for in the 17th century.The notes appear to affect payment of salaries to preachers, Gevaldiger and Fishes M.M.On one side of the blade, the year 1643 is mentioned. Far later with blue pencil, note note dates the blade to 1654.bladet has been recycled as a stick paper.There are two sketches of a coat of arms with inscription HMK Thor, a sketch of a portrait and a sketch of a man reading newspaper.

Copy of a forged passport with which a Vagabond travelled the length of England. Dated 16th Century

Annotations, 1875 - 1934 Schutblad A, Voorste Schutblad, from sketchbook XXXI with 10 sheets. Amsterdam (possibly) paper. pencil

Portrait of Zofia née Branicki Potocka (1790-1879); Molteni, Giuseppe (1799-1867); ca. 1830 (1828-00-00-1832-00-00);

List of birds in the second part of the birds, Joseph van Huerne (Possible), 1809 - 1814 manuscript Scheme with a list of birds proposed in the second part of the birds: numbers 22-24. Part of the first album with drawings of birds. Third of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. Used paper. ink pen / manuscript handwriting, written text

Poem in honor of Moses ter Borch, after 1667 - c. 1670 The poem consists of three variations on the same theme, each with its own melody: the first column on the melody 'Gavotte of Ariaentien u Oogis lodderlijck, etc.', the second on the melody 'La Belle Iris', and the third and fourth On the melody 'credit is Doot'. Finally, there is a breach at the bottom of the Vier column. Zwolle paper. ink writing (processes) The poem consists of three variations on the same theme, each with its own melody: the first column on the melody 'Gavotte of Ariaentien u Oogis lodderlijck, etc.', the second on the melody 'La Belle Iris', and the third and fourth On the melody 'credit is Doot'. Finally, there is a breach at the bottom of the Vier column. Zwolle paper. ink writing (processes)

The signatures of the forty-nine officers of Wallenstein under the first Pilsener Conclusion, Revelation, on January 13, 1634, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Classic aphorisms in mirror image, c. 1652 - c. 1680 Zwolle paper. ink calligraphy Zwolle paper. ink calligraphy

CODICE DE OSUNA - GOBERNADORES-"LOS CUATRO BARRIOS DE MEJICO Y EL PADRE DE GANTE". Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Part of the ship's deck of a VOC ship. This drawing belongs to the right side of NG-1985-7-1-3. A piece of half-deck, a coffin, a window of the officer stays and a piece of the sails are visible. The 20th century caption is Swedish and refers to a top number. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 1 (1808), p. 11.

Gips casts of panels and rosettes, anonymous, c. 1875 - 1900 Rotterdam paper. photographic support albumen print Rotterdam paper. photographic support albumen print

Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Covenue de Dieu (Fragments) (Faith title), 1856. Ink on paper. Houses of Victor Hugo Paris - Guernsey.

Pastoral (part 2). Continued from the poem on the previous page (verso of folio 21) about the contrast between the luxury to the court and the simplicity of the shepherd life.

Reisnotities.Leaf 2 Verso from a sketchbook with 46 sheets.

Sketch of Octagon Recess with Columns. Dimensions: Overall: 33.5 x 21 cm (13 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.) support: 40.7 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Cruikshank.

Unfinished sampler or lettercloth worked in colored silk on finely woven linen, marked 1770 HVDP 1832, lettercloth sampler embroidery needlework images silk linen, textile embroidery cross stitch Rectangular piece of bleached woven linen around hem edge of 0.4 cm. On the lap is embroided in cross stitch in the colors green yellow dark red dark pink light pink and blue. On the surface dark gray mid-gray white yellow and purple. Along the hem embroided decorative edges on the left and right vine with yellow and red bunches above and below an edge with pink and blue bell-shaped flowers. At the very top below the flower border an alphabet in cross stitch in Gothic letters with between two stylized crowns 1770 below again the alphabet but in larger letter forms also ending on 1770 The central plane is framed by narrow line in cross stitches in yellow and brown and green and reddish brown embroided, letter series and 1770 1832 HVDP needlework

Sketch - Soap label John Henry Walker (1831-1899)

Annotaties.Notes. Loose drawing between page 3 and page 4 in a sketchbook with 46 sheets manufactured in Antwerp, Ghent and Amsterdam. The blade is shown upside down compared to the selected reading direction.

Böhmer Franz (1907-1943), Villa von der Heydt in Berlin-Tiergarten. Conversion (06.03.1919): site plan 1: 250. Light break on transparent, 58.5 x 47.3 cm (including scan edges)

Overall view of Vienna from the south combined with the presentation of the flag of the Großwesir Kara Mustafa, captured in front of Vienna in , Unknown

Norway. Charles George Lewis; English, 1808-1880. Date: 1866. Dimensions: . Sketchbook. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Topographical view of Birmingham, Drawing South East View of The Moat, April 29th, 1814 by William Hamper, Social history, Topographical Views, England, Midlands

Chinese numbers and silver medal. Calligrated Chinese numbers and a pen drawing of the two sides of a medal. The head piece exhibits a bearded (biblical) figure, the other side a Hebrew-looking text. With inscription. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 2 (1808), p. 48.

Programme of a Mickiewicz-themed evening on December 4th, 1899, shaped like a painters palette with a portrait of the poet according to a daguerreotype. Schulz, C., author

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