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Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1819-1828 (continued)
First floor plan, between 1819 and 1828 (continued)
Note: Inscription on recto: Ground plan of the Capitol of the United States; showing the projection division of the Centre, according to the plan approved by the President, and in part executed. South wing. Lower Rotunda. North wing.
Floor plan showing rotunda and courts, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 3 (E size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and watercolor on paper.
Floor plan showing rotunda and courts, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Portico and south wing vestibule, plan, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 5 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Date ca. 1823-1824, per William Allen.
Reflected ceiling plan, rotunda - LC, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 6 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Date ca. 1818, per William Allen.
Rotunda, section, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 7 (B size) (Cabinet B)
Extent: 1 drawing on paper : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite ; 54.5 x 38 cm.
Note: Inscribed in ink: No. 2.
Note: Includes measurement notations in pencil: 301.6 circumference ; 96 ft. dia.
Note: Date ca. 1821-1822, per William Allen.
Summary: Architectural drawing showing "Principal story 40.8" and "Blocking course" of the rotunda section of the U.S. Capitol; also shows several pencil sketches of paintings, including a scene of George Washington reviewing the troops and a naval battle, and shows columns and arches in section beneath the rotunda.
Dome, elevation, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 8 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: No. 1.
Dome, elevation, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 9 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: No. 2.
Note: Date ca. 1820-1822, per William Allen.
Library and courts, variant scheme A, 1818
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 10 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : graphite on paper.
Floor plan - library, rotunda, committee rooms
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 11 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: an inch to 32 f.
Note: Verso obscured by lining; notations include computations.
Library of Congress - variant scheme B, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 12 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on verso: Capitol Library.
South wing vestibule - floor plan, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 13 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: Vestibule of South wing. with plan of proposed improvements. 4 ft to an Inch.
Note: Shows Bulfinch's 1828 alterations, per William Allen.
South Wing vestibules and stairways, plan, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 14 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Drawing shows Bulfinch's alterations, 1828, per William Allen.
House of Representatives seating plan (reversed), between 1821 and 1844
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 15 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Verso obscured by lining.
House of Representatives seating plan, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 16 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and wash on paper.
Note: 18th Congress, 1825 (William Allen).
Design for glass ceiling - House of Representatives, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 17 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: Design for a level Ceiling of Glass, proposed for the Hall of Representatives of the U.S. C Bulfinch.
Note: Date: 1821-1822 (William Allen).
Column capital variation with tobacco, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 18 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Fluted pillar of sheet iron (stove), July 5, 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 19 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Signed
Note: Inscription on recto: "fluted pillar of Sheet iron", "1 inch to a foot", "Sent for July 5. 1825. S.P. Morris"
Note: Mounted on paper, verso obscured
Denticulated cornice; beaded
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 20 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Verso obscured by lining.
Library of Congress, variant scheme B, between 1819 and 1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 21 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: 4 ft. to an inch.
Note: Date: 1818-1820 (William Allen).
Architectural drawings for a house, 33 Commercial Street, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2479
Extent: 3 items : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Note: Drawings previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Note: Reference copy available for one UNIT item in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing house as plans.
Floor plan, between 1830 and 1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2479, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1830 and 1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2479, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1830 and 1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2479, no. 3 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawings for a house with two advance wings and curved hyphens, 1787-1832
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2480
Extent: 2 items : ink, watercolor, and graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Date based on years during which Bulfinch practiced as an architect.
Note: Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Preliminary drawings showing house as plans.
Floor plan, between 1787 and 1832
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