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Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507
Extent: 14 items : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Note: Date from Kirker's The architecture of Charles Bulfinch, 1969.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing church, front portico, steeple, tower, gallery, organ, vault, and pulpit as plans, elevations, sections, and details; renderings; photographs.
Sketchbook cover
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : ink on paper.
Plot plan
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 1v (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions: "Square-No 489", "6th Street", "5th Street", "North D Street."
Floor plan, 1821 or 1822
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Front elevation
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 3 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : graphite on paper.
Side elevation, with variation, 1821 or 1822
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 4 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Front portico and tower. (Overlay for no. 6), 1821 or 1822
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 5 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Front elevation, 1821 or 1822
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 6 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and watercolor on paper.
Interior elevation outline
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 6v (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "4"
Interior elevation, apse, 1821 or 1822
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 7 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Interior elevation of gallery, with organ, 1821 or 1822
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 8 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Longitudinal section showing vault, 1821 or 1822
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 9 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Sketch elevation of organ
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 10 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "16"
Note: Watermark: "D. AMES" Lined with paper
Elevation of pulpit
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 11 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on verso: "Mr. Bulfi"
Note: Watermark: "Butler's 18..."
Pulpit, elevation & sketch plan
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 12 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "10"
Pulpit, plan
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 12v (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "11"
Pulpit plan & elevation
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 13 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "17"
Back cover
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 14 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : other on paper.
Architectural drawings for unidentified cupolas, 1810-1832
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2508
Extent: 2 items : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Drawings not signed; attribution based on drawing style.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing cupolas as plans, elevations, and details; renderings.
Cupola elevation, between 1810 and 1832
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2508, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Plan
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2508, no. 1v (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription: "13"
Elevation, between 1810 and 1832
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2508, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and watercolor on paper.
Design drawing for a stove., 1824
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2509
Extent: 1 item : ink and wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Elevation and plan, 1824
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2509, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink and wash.
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance and drawing style.
Note: Probably designed for U.S. Capitol.
Summary: Working drawing showing stove as plan and elevation; rendering.
Architectural drawing showing the interior of a building, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2510
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Architectural drawing showing the interior of a building, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2510, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink and graphite.
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing interior with coffered ceiling and Ionic pilasters as section.
Architectural drawings for a state capitol building ("Maine State House"), Augusta, Maine, 1829
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2511
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