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Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1819-1828 (continued)
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
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2480, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1787 and 1832
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2480, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
Architectural drawing for houses ("Blake-Tuckerman Houses") for Mrs. Edward Blake and Mrs. Edward Tuckerman, Boston, Massachusetts, 1814-1815
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2481
Extent: 1 item : ink, wash, and watercolor.
Front elevation, 1814-1815
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2481, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : ink, wash, and watercolor.
Note: Client, building name, and date from Kirker's Bulfinch's Boston, 1787-1817, 1964.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing houses as elevation.
Architectural drawings for a two-story gothic house with projecting bay, 1830-1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2482
Extent: 4 items : ink and graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Drawings previously attributed to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing house as plans, elevations, perspective projections, and details; sketches; structural drawings.
Front elevation, plan of projecting bay
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2482, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Verso lined.
Front elevation & detail sketches
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2482, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Verso lined with paper.
Front frame and elevation, with projecting bay, between 1830 and 1860
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2482, no. 3 (A size)
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