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Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2601
Extent: 1 item : stat ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing for a church, 1791-1828
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2601, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : stat.
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Summary: Working drawing showing church as elevation.
Architectural drawing of a bank ("Bank of Pennsylvania"), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1801-1816
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2755
Extent: 1 item : ink ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Basement floor plan, 1801-1816
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2755, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink.
Note: Building name, location, and date from J. Cohen's The architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1994.
Summary: Measured drawing showing cellar as plan.
Principles of perspective, 1794-1844
Creator: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect
Call No.: LOT 13063 (H)
Extent: 1 v. (text, 19 architectural drawings, 3 prints) : ink, wash, graphite, and engraving ; 40 x 25 cm.
Note: Cover is marbled paper.
Note: In album: "Principles of Perspective".
Note: Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Identified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894."
Note: Date based on watermark and date of Bulfinch's death.
Note: Includes three engravings; one engraved by Desmaisons and two by Rasonnette; two of the three engravings give initial "G" as artist.
Summary: Pamphlet contains a treatise consisting of text and mechanical drawings showing principles of perspective, a comparison of English, French, and Italian methods, general rules from Kirby's Perspective of architecture, how to determine the perspective of squares in various situations, and instructions from Dr. Gregory's Encyclopedia. Principles illustrated using various geometrical shapes, room interiors, stairways, a table, wheels, buildings and a colonnade. Also renderings; engravings of a fountain, and a bridge; castle studies.
Inscription page from Bulfinch album, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 1 (H)
Extent: 1 sheet : ink on paper.
Perspective representations with a spectator viewing an object parallel to the focal plane and a spectator viewing an object on the ground, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 2 (H)
Extent: 1 architectural drawing on paper : ink and wash.
Principles of perspective, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 3 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink on paper.
Summary: Text relating to drawings on p. 2.
Perspective representations of three objects drawn using Italian, English, and French methods, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 4-5 (H)
Extent: 1 architectural drawing on paper : ink and wash.
Practical and comparative perspective, English and French [text], ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 6 (H)
Extent: 1 sheet : ink on paper.
English and French methods, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 7 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash on paper.
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 8 (H)
Perspective drawings of circles and octagons, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 9 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, graphite on paper.
General rules from Kirby's perspective of architecture [text], ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 10 (H)
Extent: 1 sheet : ink on paper.
General rules from Kirby's perspective of architecture, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 11 (H)
Extent: 1 sheet : ink, wash on paper.
To determine the perspective of squares in various situations [text], ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 12 (H)
Extent: 1sheet : ink on paper.
Perspective of squares, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 13 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash on paper.
To determine the perspective of squares in various situations [text], ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 14 (H)
Extent: 1 sheet : ink on paper.
To determine the perspective of squares in various situations [perspective of cubes], ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 15 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Horizontal and vertical planes and room interior, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 16-17 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, graphite, and wash on paper.
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 18 (H)
Tree-lined lanes, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 19 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : graphite, ink on paper.
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 20 (H)
Perspective representations of three stairways, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 21 (H)
Extent: 1 architectural drawing on paper : ink and wash.
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 22 (H)
Perspective of table and wheels, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 23 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, graphite, and wash on paper.
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 24 (H)
Closet with tower, roof, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 25 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, graphite on paper.
Blank pages
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 26-27 (H)
Colonnades, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 28 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash with graphite on paper.
Church plan & columns, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 29 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash with graphite on paper.
From Dr. Gregory's encyclopedia [text], ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 30 (H)
Extent: 1 sheet : ink on paper.
Perspective representations of house with front parallel to ground line and house in oblique perspective, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 31 (H)
Extent: 1 architectural drawing on paper : ink and wash.
Structure, Ware and Kirby methods, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 32 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash on paper.
Structure, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 33 (H)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash with graphite on paper.
Blank pages
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 34-38 (H)
Ornate fountain in the countryside, ca. 1813
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 39 (H)
Extent: 1 print : engraving.
Note: Plate from unidentified book, No. XVI, Pl.2, p. 3.
Blank pages
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 40-41 (H)
Bridge, between 1780 and 1810
Call No.: LOT 13063, no. 42 (H)
Extent: 1 print : engraving.
Note: Plate from a unidentified book, no. XVI, pl.1, p. 3.
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