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[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...

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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation (Modern/modifie...

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[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...

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[Library of Congress ("National Library"), Judiciary Square site, Wash...

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Exterior view of the Duomo, Pisa, Italy

Stamped on mount: Giacomo Brogi, Fotografo, 15, Lung'Arno Delle Grazie - 79, Corse Del Tintori, Firenze. In album: Browning Collection of Portraits, etc., p. 22 (top left). Color laser copy reference surrogate ... More

[Mechanical device for scaling towers]

Illus. in: De re militari / Roberto Valturio. [Verona] : Joannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : ... More

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, Italy. Entrance detail. Sketch

Travel sketch shows detail of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane church, Rome, Italy, designed by Francesco Borromini. In sketchbook: Rome. Forms part of: Victor A. Lundy archive (Library of Congress). Unprocessed... More

[Kitchen scene from Bartolomeo Scappi's Opera]

Illus. in: Opera di m. Bartolomeo Scappi. Con il discorso funerale che fu fatto nelle essequie di papa Paulo III. [Venetia : M. Tramezzino, 1574?]. Reference copy may be in LOT 4638. This record contains unveri... More

Architectural diagram - [Design for a church façade], public domain im...

Public domain image of a historic building, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Design for a memorial with tempietto. Elevation]

Stamp on verso: EGC. No. 11. Title from inventory: Tempieta. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Conserved and rehoused May 2008. No conservation number on item. Un... More

Alcázar of Madrid. Ground floor plan

Architectural drawing shows ground floor with rooms, courtyards, and garden. Caption on verso: "No. 2. Planta baja al andar de los patios del Alcazar de Madrid; have de ver con la relacion en 15 de Julio de 16... More

Alcázar of Toledo. Main floor plan

Architectural drawing shows main floor with rooms and staircase. Caption on verso: "No. 4. Planta al andar del suelo principal del Alcazar de Tholedo. Juan Thomas de Mora." Although the name on the drawings is... More

Alcázar of Madrid. Main floor plan - Public domain map

Architectural drawing shows main floor with rooms and courtyards. Caption on verso: "No. 3. Planta alta del Alcazar de Madrid al andan del suelo principal; have de ver con la relacion en 15 de Julio de 1626. J... More

Baldassare Franceschini - [Studies for a church]

Inscribed in pencil: Lot no. 8, srB. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Exhibi... More

Porte de l'entrée du Chasteau du Louvre, du costé de la Riuiere, faict...

Entrance of the mansion of the Louvre, in or near Paris, by the river, built under the direction of Monsieur le Vau. Illus. in: Le Grand Marot / Marot. Paris: 167-?, plate 186. Reference copy available in LOT 4620.

[First sketch for the chapel of Bonaventura at Potenza (Italy), in (ch...

Inscribed: Primo schizzo p[er] la capella dal Bonaventura a Potenza in S. Francesco. Drawing not signed; attribution to Franceschini (known as "Il Volterrano") based on Walker Collection files. Item conserved ... More

[Street scene in İzmir, Turkey]

Illus. in: Thesaurus exoticurum / Everhardo Gvernero Happelio. Hamburg : T. von Wiering ..., 1688, section 2, p. 205.

[Hunting lodge with pavilions. Gateway, piers, and fencing. Plan and e...

Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing monumental fence and gateway for a hunting lodge or castle, in plan and elevation. No. 16. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehous... More

[Hunting lodge with pavilions] - Architectural drawing, public domain ...

Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing a hunting lodge or castle in elevation and section, and row of 7 pavilions in elevation. No. 8, suite de 11. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Nanc... More

[Hunting lodge with pavilions. Site plan]

Watercolor rendering attributed to School of Turin, showing site plan for a hunting lodge or castle with 14 pavilions, each having a walled garden. No. 8 bis, suite de 11. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; N... More

[Project for a circular arcade. Perspective rendering]

Sketch plan of arcade on verso. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed... More

Comble de moulin. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a sectional view of sugar mill in operation, Haiti. Illus. in: Jean Labat, Nouveau Voyage ... Le Have, 1724, v. 1, oppos. p. 258. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INDUSTRY SUGAR MISC. 1724. This ... More

[Church of SS. Claudius and Andrew of the Burgundians, Rome, Italy. Fa...

Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2000:029, no. 14. C... More

A view of the orphan house ... from the great garden gate...

Photograph shows a plan of the orphan house, diagram and title page of the publication. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: An Account of money received ... fo... More

[Fountain detail (stage set design?)], engraving, Library of Congress

Stamp on verso: Hans Tauber, Graz. Identified as French or Austrian in the Walker Collection inventory; acquired by Walker in Switzerland. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior m... More

Architectural details of the portico of the Parthenon of Athens / Figu...

Four figures of details of the Parthenon. Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Zarzuela Palace. Floor plans and landscape plan Baltharan Ricaud

Architectural drawing shows three floors of palace and terraced garden. Zarzuela Palace was built by Jose Gómez de Mora. Notation on recto: "R. Palacio dela Zaxruela y Dicienbre 12 de 1759. Baltharan Ricaud." ... More

[House with enclosed entrance yard. Elevation, rendered]

Watercolor rendering, possibly American, showing elevation of house, with entrance yard in plan, well and gate also rendered in elevation. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supp... More

[Church of the Holy Apostles, Rome. Elevation and plan]

Inscribed: 33 and 15016B. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed in PR... More

Agostino Mitelli - [Study for an altar. Elevation]

Sotheby Parke Bernet auction catalog, New York, sale number 4330, lot 116: attributed to Agostino Mitelli. Date from information sheet provided by donor. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Mater... More

[One-point perspective sketches of structure, road, and trees, with sh...

Four sketches. Church interior elevation and section with galleries and vaulted ceiling on verso. M.I.T. no. A-d-12. Drawing not signed; attribution based on handwriting and drawing style. From the Massachusett... More

[Church interior with galleries and vaulted ceiling. Perspective sketc...

M.I.T. no. A-d-12. Drawing not signed; attribution based on drawing style. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning deposit.

[Structure with pedimented wings. Perspective sketch]

Manuscript notations on drawing. M.I.T. no. A-d-13. Drawing not signed; attribution based on handwriting and drawing style. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning dep... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Perspective]

Inscription on recto: A-2 Front and [...] Section of Capitol [...] Hallet plans. Conservation control number 8-99-815.4

[United States Capitol. Tortola scheme. Competition rendering of façad...

Architectural drawing showing Thornton's proposed design, known as the Tortola Scheme, with alternative design for flanking pavilions mounted to right. Inscribed in pencil by later hand: Dr. Wm. Thornton's Comp... More

[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Various studies - plans and elevations]

Sketches show studies for circular, rectilinear, domed, and pyramidal monuments, also notations and computations on verso. Some schemes probably for U.S. Capitol.

[New County Hall, Stafford, England. Proposed façade. Elevation]

Inscription in graphite on recto, mostly erased (modern hand?): Old bailey, proposal not adopted. Inscription in graphite on verso: Design for the County Hall, Stafford, 1794, John Nash, unexecuted. 469/CX. 150... 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.

[Theater and hotel building ("Theatre, Assembly Rooms and an hotel"), ...

Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the S.W. Flank, being the FRONT of the HOTEL." "Elevation of the N.E. Flank, being the FRONT of the ROOMS," "VIII." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: B... More

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

Illus. in: The country builder's assistant : containing a collection of new designs of carpentry and architecture ... / by Asher Benjamin. Printed at Greenfield, Massachusetts : By Thomas Dickman, 1797, pl. 26... More

[Theater and hotel building ("Theatre, Assembly Rooms and an hotel"), ...

Inscription on recto: "Front of the Stage." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

[Theater and hotel building ("Theatre, Assembly Rooms and an hotel"), ...

Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Design for the Washington Memorial New York by Robert Kerr, Architect

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

[Military academy. Title sheet]

Inscriptions on recto: "Sketches for a Design of a Military Academy. to accommodate feven Profefsors, and fifty Students. by B. Henry Latrobe, Archt & Engr January 26 1800." "26" "8." Lined with paper. Refe... More

James McNeill Whistler - [La Mairie, Loches]

Kennedy, 382 (third state). Dedication to E. M. Underdown, Q. C., May 1st 1889. Signed with butterfly on image in ink and in pencil. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Con... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section of grand ...

Inscription on recto: "Stair in the Old Capitol." Mounted on paper on linen. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...

Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2010:100 no. 87.9052

House ("Tudor Place") for Thomas and Martha Custis Peter, 1644 31st St...

William Berryman - Lodging house, back-front, Miss Coles, Spa[nish] To...

Drawing shows a large house with a person seated within. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

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

[Unidentified cupolas. Elevation]. Book illustration from Library of C...

Forms part of: Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Architectural drawing for a wooden truss bridge. Bridge plan and eleva...

Preliminary drawing showing bridge as plan and elevation; engineering drawing. UNIT title devised. Date based on truss type and date of Bulfinch's last known work. Drawing not signed; attribution based on drawi... More

Architectural drawing for a monument. Front elevation

Working drawing showing monument as elevation and detail; sketch. UNIT title devised. Date based on design style and date of last known work. Forms part of Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of Congress). Perman... More

[Parapet. Elevation of parapet]

Inscription on recto: extent at base...50, centre....22,...& 12 high, each flank....14....10 high.

To determine the perspective of squares in various situations [cubes]

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

[English and French methods] - Public domain dedication image

[Table and wheels] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

[Squares] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

[Plaza] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

[Structure, Ware and Kirby methods]

[Circles and octagons] - Architectural drawing, public domain image

General rules from Kirby's perspective of architecture

[Fortification on the outskirts of Paris. Section, elevation, and plan...

Plate 35. "From the collection of the Dukes of Wellington, Stratfield Saye." Title, date and provenance information from the donor's inventory. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. Se... More

[Closet with tower, roof] - Public domain dedication image

[Horizontal and vertical planes/ room interior]

[Armory ("U.S. Arsenal"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Principal floor an...

Inscriptions: "Study for the Section of the U.S. Arfenal Pittsburg Oct 17th. 1814" "Plan of the principal floor." "BHLatrobe." Lined with paper. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin... More

[Architectural plan of Fort Sitka, Alaska]

Lithograph engraved by I. Clark; drawn by Urey Lisiansky. Illus. in: Lisiansky, A Voyage Round the World (London, 1814, opp. p. 163. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent ... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section looking w...

Inscriptions on recto: "Section of North wing of old Capitol as rebuilt looking west." "352." Mounted on paper on linen; verso obscured. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latr... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, section]

Inscriptions on recto: "Section of South wing of old Capitol as rebuilt looking north" "342." Verso obscured by lining. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Libr... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing - section]

Inscriptions on recto: "Section of Old Capitol. (south wing) looking South. as rebuilt." "25" "Drawn by JHBLatrobe when he passed his [...] while a student at [...] Georgetown College in his fathers office ... More

2e projet de marché aux charbons avec des fermes en Fonte / diessé par...

Forms part of: Kenneth H. Walker Collection of Architectural Drawings and Renderings (Library of Congress)

[Projet de marché aux charbons. Second version. Plan and bird's-eye vi...

Projet de marché aux charbons, deuxieme plan. Vue général du marché aux charbons prise de Chaillot. Sheet 3. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP... More

[Projet de marché aux charbons. Pavillon de l'administration. Elevatio...

Sheet 5. Item conserved and/or rehoused. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2000:029, no. 1. Conservation control number 797.5.2004

[Projet de marché aux charbons. Site plan with landscape rendered] / B...

Sheet 1. Plan du marche provisoire aux charbons, des fondations du Palais des Archives, et des terrains environnants de l'Ile des Cynges. Item conserved and/or rehoused. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Ken... More

[Projet de marché aux charbons. Plan, elevation, and sections] / Balta...

Sheet 4. Item conserved and/or rehoused. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2000:029, no. 2. Conservation control number 8.06.797.1.

Architectural drawing for alterations to a church ("St. John's Church"...

Working drawing showing church as section. UNIT title devised. Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance. Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files. Church originally designed by Latrobe. Forms pa... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress - variant...

Inscription on verso: Capitol Library. Date 1818-1820, per William Allen.

Winlock baths Sheperton Fields - Public domain architectural engraving

Sketch shows an interior scene of men at the baths; some swimming, some dressed in suits and top hats. Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: Engraved. Inscriptions on front are difficult to decipher. No. 56:2.

[Plan and elevations of a church. Side elevation, plan of cupola, "siz...

Illus. in: The American Builder's Companion, plate B following p. 100.

Senate Chamber. Hall of the House of Representatives / W.I Stone sc. W...

Print shows an interior view of the Senate and the House of Representatives chambers showing a numbered seating arrangement (key to the Senate chamber seating is filed with print). Printed at bottom: Engraved ... More

[Church ("Unitarian Church"), D Street and 6th Street, Washington, D.C...

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

Plan and elevation of the Waterloo bridge over the river Thames

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Taylor, J., publisher. Dubourg, M., artist. Catego... More

[United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. Plan of Capitol groun...

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

[United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C. Elevations of fence a...

Inscription on recto: Gate, 12 feet. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, whi... More

[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

[Imperial stable at Polesella Venetia. Elevation and section ] / A. Be...

Prospetto e Spaccato della Scuderia ad uso dell' Imp. R. Posta Cavalli in Polesella. Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Ke... More

Capitol of the state of Indiana. I. Town & A.J. Davis architects Capit...

Print shows an oblique view of the third Capitol building of the state of Indiana; the Greek revival style building, patterned after the Parthenon, was designed by Ithiel Town & Alexander J. Davis, architects. ... More

Alexander Jackson Davis - [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ref...

Inscription on recto: "Davis" - "PLAN OF THE CEILINGS IN THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON." - "B.H. LATROBE & CHAS. BULFINCH ESQRS. PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS." - "W. Phelps Print." - "PUBLISHED BY I. TOW... More

Harlem River bridge, New York. Pipe chamber on south side of Harlem Ri...

Drawing shows sections of pipe chamber and elevation of gates for bridge over Harlem River, now known as High Bridge, part of Croton Aqueduct. Notation on recto: "Superseded." Forms part of: Engineering Societ... More

[Summary plate showing 25 country cottages and dwellings designed by J...

Title from publication. Illus. in: Recueil de cottages et maisons de campagne / Joseph Ramée. Purchase; Stanford University; 2005; (DLC/PP-2005:096).

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

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 Architects / American Architectu... More

Croton Aqueduct, (Westchester Co., New York). Detail of ? pipes

Architectural drawing showing sections of pipes and section of a spigot and faucet joint for the 1" pipes and section of a spigot and faucet joint for the 1 1/4" pipes, scale 6" to a foot. Scale 1/2 and inch to... More

New custom house, Boston. A.B. Young, Archt. East view drawn by C.H. B...

Print shows an east view of the exterior of the new customhouse at Boston, Massachusetts, also includes "A. Plan of entrance story", "B. Plan of principal story", and "C. Transverse section", as well as a "Scal... More

[Fortresses designed to enable defense against attack from any directi...

Illus. in: Trattato di archittetura civile e militare di Francesco di Giorgio Martini ... / Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Torino : Tip. Chirio e Mina, 1841, Tav. XXIII. Published in: The tradition of technolog... More

Chapel of Elijah on Mount Horeb Feby 20th 1839 / David Roberts, R.A.

Painting drawn inside the chapel of Elijah (Elias), showing the Grotto of Elias behind the apse. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Prophet Elijah spent 40 days and nights in a cave on Mount Ho... More

Section of Bermuda Lighthouse Tower (Gibbs Hill); and Cast Iron Lighth...

Illus. in: Plates Accompanying Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Improvements in the Lighthouse System and Collateral Aids to Navigation, detail of plate 25, (left side). On lower right: Lith. by E... More

Section of lenticular light the 4th order with its lantern for harbour...

Illus. in: Plates Accompanying Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Improvements in the Lighthouse System and Collateral Aids to Navigation, detail of plate 16, (center top). On lower right: Lithy. by... More

Land Marks, Liverpool Bay - Public domain architectural drawing

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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