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Design drawing for woven oval motif set within a square, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2520
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Design drawing for woven oval motif set within a square, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2520, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite.
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Preliminary drawing; detail.
Architectural drawing for architectural elements, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2521
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing for architectural elements, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2521, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite.
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing mantel, lancet panel door, and sash window as plans, elevations, and sections.
Architectural drawings of geometrical shapes, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2524
Extent: 2 items : ink, colored ink, graphite, and colored pencil ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Drawings previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Note: Probably related to geometric study processed as ADE-UNIT 2499, no. 2 (A size) verso.
Summary: Geometrical perspective studies.
Architectural drawings of geometrical shapes
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2524, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink and colored pencil on paper.
Note: Verso obscured by lining
Architectural drawings of geometrical shapes
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2524, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink, colored ink, and graphite on paper.
Note: Notations include computations.
Sketch
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2524, no. 2v (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription: "48800 = Lane near Caldwells"
Note: Notations include computations.
Architectural drawings for remodeling a house into a hospital ("Joseph Barrell House remodeled as McLean Hospital"), Somerville, Massachusetts, 1817
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2525
Extent: 3 items : ink, watercolor, and wash ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm. or smaller.
Note: Date, building name, and city from Kirker's The architecture of Charles Bulfinch, 1969.
Note: Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy.
Summary: Working drawings showing site, hospital, covered piazza, terrace, and garden fence as site plans, plans, and elevations.
Site plan and plan, 1817
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2525, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and watercolor on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: Covered piazza ; Upper terrace ; Lower terrace level of the foundation of the wings ; Garden fence.
Floor plan, 1817
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2525, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
Elevation, 1817
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2525, no. 3 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Architectural drawing for a building with wall of windows, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2526
Extent: 1 item : ink and watercolor ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Floor plan, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2526, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink and watercolor.
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing building as plan.
Architectural drawing for a commercial building with ashlar masonry, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2527
Extent: 1 item : ink, watercolor, and wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Front elevation rendering, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2527, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink, watercolor, and wash.
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing commercial building as elevation; rendering.
Architectural drawing of a cathedral ("Baltimore Cathedral"), Baltimore, Maryland, 1817-1829
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2528
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Plan and elevation, 1817-1829
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2528, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite.
Note: Drawings not signed; attribution based on provenance and drawing style.
Note: Cathedral designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe; known as the Basilica of the Assumption.
Summary: Measured drawing showing cathedral as plan and elevation.
Architectural drawings for an institutional or factory building, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2529
Extent: 3 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Note: Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing institutional or factory building with battlemented roofline, work or day room, nursery, matron's room, wash room, dining room, and officer's dining room as plans and perspective projections; sketches.
Floor plan, between 1830 and 1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2529, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: Work room ; Work or day room ; Nursery ; Matron's room ; Wash room ; Laundry ; Dining room ; Officer's dining room.
Partial floor plan, roof, and sketches, between 1830 and 1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2529, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1830 and 1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2529, no. 3 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawing for a molding, 1790-1844
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2530
Extent: 1 item : graphite and ink ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing for a molding, 1790-1844
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2530, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite and ink.
Note: Date based on span of years Bulfinch was active as an architect.
Summary: Template for molding.
Drawing showing landscape and perspective studies of furnished rooms, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2531
Extent: 1 item : graphite and ink ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawing showing landscape and perspective studies of furnished rooms, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2531, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite and ink.
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Drawing showing landscape and furnished rooms as perspective projections; sketch and rendering.
Architectural drawing for a gate, White House grounds, Washington, D.C., 1818-1829
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2532
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution and date from W. Seale's, The President's house, a history, 1986.
Summary: Working drawing showing gate as plan and elevation.
Elevation of gate
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