Collection Summary
Bulfinch architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)
1787-1860
1787-1832
1787-1860
1787-1832
Guide Record
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
135 items (chiefly architectural drawings)
and 3 volumes (text, 51 architectural drawings, and 2 prints)
English
Collection material in English
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Primarily architectural drawings by
Charles Bulfinch, Architect of the Capitol (1818-1829), for and of residential
buildings, government buildings, monuments, and churches in Washington, D.C.,
Massachusetts, Maine, and unidentified locations. Among the designs represented in
the archive are the U.S. Capitol, the White House, and the First Unitarian Church in
Washington, D.C. and the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine. Materials document
various phases of the design process, from preliminary and presentation drawings to
working drawings. The archive also includes some landscape drawings, engineering
drawings, design drawings, study drawings, and perspective studies, as well as
architectural drawings formerly attributed to Bulfinch.
Provenance
Permanent deposit; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1935.
Processing History
The Bulfinch architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress) was processed by
Prints and Photographs staff in 1998. This finding aid contains unverified data from
old container lists transcribed by Tori Cox, Nick Pernot, Libby McKiernan, Gillian
Mahoney, and Emma Esperon in 2020. Data compiled from catalog records by Tori Cox in
October 2020. Titles and date ranges were devised by Library staff. Finding aid
encoded by Emma Esperon in January 2021.
Related Material
Additional materials by Charles Bulfinch and his predecessor as Architect of the
Capitol, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, are described in our [Online Catalog:]
- LOT 12309 (M): Architectural Drawings - Charles Bulfinch, B. Henry
Latrobe
- Latrobe architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)
[(finding aid available)]
Rights Restrictions
No known restrictions on publication.
Access Restrictions
The Bulfinch architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress) is open to research.
Architectural drawings are [served by appointment
only] because material requires special handling. For general information
see: ["Service of Architectural
Drawings."]
Reference copies in LOT 4249 (R) are available without appointment. Copies in "(R)"
are located in the Reading Room self-serve files.
Requesting Materials
For information about service in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room, including
obtaining copies, see ["Information for
Researchers."]
Online Content
To see already digitized images from this collection, search our [Online
Catalog] by call number or descriptive words.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bulfinch architectural
drawing archive (Library of Congress), call number, and item or reproduction number,
if available [e.g., ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 1 or LC-DIG-ppmsca-12345]
Biographical Note
Born into an affluent Boston family in 1763, Charles Bulfinch was educated at Harvard
College. Following his graduation, he traveled in Europe. Financial reversals
required Bulfinch to earn a living, which he did primarily as a politician and civil
servant and secondarily as an architect. Bulfinch spent most of his life in Boston,
where he had a significant influence on the architecture. His projects there include
Hollis Street Church, Tontine Crescent, Massachusetts State House, and New North
(now St. Stephen's) Church. In 1818 Bulfinch moved to Washington, D.C. to assume the
position of Architect of the Capitol. During the 12 years that Bulfinch lived in
Washington, D.C., he worked on finishing the Capitol, building the First Unitarian
Church and a federal penitentiary for the city, as well as designing the Maine State
House, his final commission.
Scope and Content Note
Charles Bulfinch's involvement in the field of architecture began when it was
practiced by gentleman amateurs and spanned its transition to professional
architects. A representative sampling of the drawings he produced, spanning his
entire career, are represented in the Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of
Congress), the principal repository of his work.
This archive primarily includes architectural drawings by Charles Bulfinch, Architect
of the Capitol (1818-1829), for and of residential buildings, government buildings,
monuments, and churches in Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Maine, and unidentified
locations. Among the designs represented in the archive are the U.S. Capitol, the
White House, and the First Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. and the Maine State
House in Augusta, Maine. Materials document various phases of the design process,
from preliminary and presentation drawings to working drawings. The archive also
includes some landscape drawings, engineering drawings, design drawings, study
drawings, and perspective studies, as well as architectural drawings formerly
attributed to Bulfinch.
Specific media or processes represented include ink, watercolor, wash, graphite,
colored ink, photomechanical print, and stat.
Some ADE UNITs have additional materials to the drawings that are filed separately.
If present, these series are noted at the end of the ADE UNIT's summary with the
following options: specifications, photographs, and/or miscellaneous supplementary
materials. These materials are not item inventoried but can be requested from a
librarian while doing research in the Reading Room.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into 59 groups (called UNITs or LOTs), which are usually
based on separate building projects. Materials are arranged numerically according to
the staff-assigned UNIT or LOT number.
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[ADE - UNIT 1874:](ead10000)
Architectural drawing for a building
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[ADE - UNIT 2473:](ead10002)
Landscape architecture drawings for the United States Capitol grounds,
Washington, D.C.
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[ADE - UNIT 2474:](ead10008)
Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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[ADE - UNIT 2479:](ead10030)
Architectural drawings for a house, 33 Commercial Street
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[ADE - UNIT 2480:](ead10034)
Architectural drawings for a house with two advance wings and curved
hyphens
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[ADE - UNIT 2481:](ead10037)
Architectural drawing for houses ("Blake-Tuckerman Houses") for Mrs. Edward
Blake and Mrs. Edward Tuckerman, Boston, Massachusetts
-
[ADE - UNIT 2482:](ead10039)
Architectural drawings for a two-story gothic house with projecting bay
-
[ADE - UNIT 2483:](ead10044)
Architectural drawings for a three-story house with piazza
-
[ADE - UNIT 2484:](ead10049)
Architectural drawings for a two-story house
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[ADE - UNIT 2485:](ead10052)
Architectural drawings for a house with an L-shaped piazza
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[ADE - UNIT 2486:](ead10060)
Architectural drawing for a T-shaped house. Elevation two story house with
flanking porches
-
[ADE - UNIT 2487:](ead10062)
Architectural drawing for a two-story house with round bay and one-story
wing
-
[ADE - UNIT 2488:](ead10064)
Architectural drawings for an Italianate house
-
[ADE - UNIT 2489:](ead10067)
Architectural drawings for a two-story house with piazza
-
[ADE - UNIT 2490:](ead10071)
Architectural drawing for a monument
-
[ADE - UNIT 2491:](ead10074)
Architectural drawing for a monument with obelisk on top of Doric portico
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[ADE - UNIT 2492:](ead10076)
Architectural drawings for a parapet
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[ADE - UNIT 2493:](ead10079)
Architectural drawing for a church ("New North Church"), Hanover Street, Boston,
Massachusetts
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[ADE - UNIT 2494:](ead10081)
Architectural drawing for a wooden truss bridge
-
[ADE - UNIT 2495:](ead10083)
Architectural drawing for gothic-style church
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[ADE - UNIT 2496:](ead10085)
Architectural drawing of Bowdoin Street Congregational Meeting House, Boston,
Massachusetts
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[ADE - UNIT 2497:](ead10087)
Architectural drawing of straight and fractured bent timbers
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[ADE - UNIT 2498:](ead10089)
Engineering drawing for a building
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[ADE - UNIT 2499:](ead10091)
Architectural drawings for an industrial building
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[ADE - UNIT 2500:](ead10096)
Architectural drawing for a building
-
[ADE - UNIT 2501:](ead10098)
Architectural drawing for alterations to a Congregational church ("Old South
Church"), Hallowell, Maine
-
[ADE - UNIT 2502:](ead10100)
Architectural drawings for a church ("New South Church"), Summer Street and
Bedford Street, Boston, Massachusetts
-
[ADE - UNIT 2503:](ead10104)
Architectural drawings for the White House, Washington, D.C.
-
[ADE - UNIT 2507:](ead10108)
Architectural drawings for a church ("Unitarian Church"), D Street and 6th
Street, Washington, D.C.
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[ADE - UNIT 2508:](ead10126)
Architectural drawings for unidentified cupolas
-
[ADE - UNIT 2509:](ead10130)
Design drawing for a stove. Elevation and plan
-
[ADE - UNIT 2510:](ead10132)
Architectural drawing showing the interior of a building
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[ADE - UNIT 2511:](ead10134)
Architectural drawings for a state capitol building ("Maine State House"),
Augusta, Maine
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[ADE - UNIT 2512:](ead10146)
Architectural drawing for seating in a gallery supported by Corinthian
columns
-
[ADE - UNIT 2513:](ead10149)
Architectural drawing for coffers
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[ADE - UNIT 2514:](ead10152)
Architectural drawings of perspective studies
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[ADE - UNIT 2520:](ead10162)
Design drawing for woven oval motif set within a square
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[ADE - UNIT 2521:](ead10164)
Architectural drawing for architectural elements
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[ADE - UNIT 2524:](ead10166)
Architectural drawings of geometrical shapes
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[ADE - UNIT 2525:](ead10170)
Architectural drawings for remodeling a house into a hospital ("Joseph Barrell
House remodeled as McLean Hospital"), Somerville, Massachusetts
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[ADE - UNIT 2526:](ead10174)
Architectural drawing for a building with wall of windows
-
[ADE - UNIT 2527:](ead10176)
Architectural drawing for a commercial building with ashlar masonry
-
[ADE - UNIT 2528:](ead10178)
Architectural drawing of a cathedral ("Baltimore Cathedral"), Baltimore,
Maryland
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[ADE - UNIT 2529:](ead10180)
Architectural drawings for an institutional or factory building
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[ADE - UNIT 2530:](ead10184)
Architectural drawing for a molding
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[ADE - UNIT 2531:](ead10186)
Drawing showing landscape and perspective studies of furnished rooms
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[ADE - UNIT 2532:](ead10188)
Architectural drawing for a gate, White House grounds, Washington, D.C.
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[ADE - UNIT 2533:](ead10191)
Architectural drawing for a gothic-style column with octagonal base and foliate
capital
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[ADE - UNIT 2534:](ead10193)
Architectural drawing for framing of a building
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[ADE - UNIT 2535:](ead10195)
Design drawing for a pier table
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[ADE - UNIT 2536:](ead10199)
Architectural drawing for a house
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[ADE - UNIT 2537:](ead10202)
Architectural drawing for alterations to a church ("St. John's Church"),
Washington, D.C.
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[ADE - UNIT 2538:](ead10204)
Architectural drawing for a commercial building
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[ADE - UNIT 2539:](ead10206)
Architectural drawing of a church ("St. Stephen's Walbrook"), London,
England
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[ADE - UNIT 2601:](ead10208)
Architectural drawing for a church
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[ADE - UNIT 2755:](ead10210)
Architectural drawing of a bank ("Bank of Pennsylvania"), Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
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[LOT 13063 (H):](ead10212)
Principles of perspective
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[LOT 13064 (H):](ead10249)
Sketchbook of design drawings for stoves
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[LOT 13065 (H):](ead10265)
Architectural drawings of buildings designed by Bulfinch, and others, including
comparative studies of his churches and those of his contemporaries in America
and their predecessors in England
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844
Organizations
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1810-1830.
White House (Washington, D.C.)--1810-1830.
Subjects
Banks--Pennsylvania--1790-1850.
Churches--1790-1860.
Churches--Maine--1800-1810.
Churches--Massachusetts--1800-1840.
Churches--Washington (D.C.)--1810-1830.
Dwellings--1780-1860.
Dwellings--Massachusetts--1810-1820.
Government facilities--Maine--1820-1830.
Government facilities--Washington (D.C.)--1790-1850.
Monuments & memorials--1810-1850.
Stoves--1790-1860.
Titles
Bulfinch collection [graphic]
Charles Bulfinch architectural drawing archive [graphic]
Charles Bulfinch archive [graphic]
Form/Genre
Architectural drawings--1790-1860.
Design drawings--1790-1860.
Engineering drawings--1790-1860.
Landscape architecture drawings--1790-1850.
Studies--1790-1860.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/95858243]
Container List
Architectural drawing for a
building, 1846
1846
Bryant, Gridley James Fox,
1816-1899,
architect
ADE - UNIT 1874
1 item : ink and wash ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Architectural drawing for a
building, 1846
1846
Bryant, Gridley James Fox,
1816-1899,
architect
ADE - UNIT 1874, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and
wash.
Possibly a drawing for a
house.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing fragment showing part
of exterior wall of second or chamber floor as plan.
Landscape architecture drawings
for the United States Capitol grounds, Washington, D.C., 1824-1829
1824-1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2473
4 items : ink, watercolor, wash,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm. or smaller.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings
showing site, Capitol building, western terrace, botanic garden, city canal,
landscaping, and ironwork fences and gates as site plans, plans, and
elevations; renderings.
Site plan, botanic garden,
city canal, between 1824
and 1829
between 1824 and 1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2473, no. 1 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Inscription on recto: Capitol.
Botanic garden. City Canal.
Inscription on verso: Capitol
Grounds.
Site plan, footprint,
landscaping, between 1824
and 1829
between 1824 and 1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2473, no. 2 (D size)
1 drawing : watercolor, wash,
ink, and graphite on paper.
Inscription on verso: Capitol.
General Plan.
Summary: Shows west terrace. Date 1825 per
William Allen.
Elevations of fence and
gate, between 1824 and
1829
between 1824 and 1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2473, no. 3 (D size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
Plan of Capitol grounds,
between 1824 and
1829
between 1824 and 1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2473, no. 3v (D size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
East entrances to capitol
square, between 1824 and
1829
between 1824 and 1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2473, no. 4 (E size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawings for the
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1819-1828
1819-1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474
21 items : ink, watercolor, wash,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm. or smaller.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes measured, preliminary, and
working drawings showing Capitol building, Library of Congress, north wing,
south wing, south wing vestibule, House of Representatives seating and glass
ceiling, portico, lower rotunda, dome, courts, crypt, stairways, column
capitals, cornices, and sheet iron stove as plans, elevations, reflected
ceiling plans, sections, and details; renderings.
Ground floor plan, between 1819 and
1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 1 (D size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Hand-copy of a measured drawing
done by Charles Bulfinch is based on a ground floor plan by Benjamin
Henry Latrobe.
Inscription on recto: Copy of,
Ground plan of the Capitol of the U States; Showing the Projection and
division of the Centre according to the plan of Mr Latrobe [Benjamin
Henry Latrobe]. South wing. Lower Rotunda. North wing.
Inscription on verso: Plans by
Mr. Latrobe [Benjamin Henry Latrobe]
First floor plan, between 1819 and
1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 2 (D size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
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
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 3 (E size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
watercolor on paper.
Floor plan showing rotunda
and courts, between 1819
and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 4 (D size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
Portico and south wing
vestibule, plan, between
1819 and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 5 (C size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Date ca. 1823-1824, per William
Allen.
Reflected ceiling plan,
rotunda - LC, between
1819 and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 6 (D size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
Date ca. 1818, per William
Allen.
Rotunda, section, between 1819 and
1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 7 (B size) (Cabinet
B)
1 drawing on paper : ink,
wash, watercolor, and graphite ; 54.5 x 38 cm.
Inscribed in ink: No.
2.
Includes measurement notations
in pencil: 301.6 circumference ; 96 ft. dia.
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
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 8 (C size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Inscription on recto: No.
1.
Dome, elevation, between 1819 and
1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 9 (C size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Inscription on recto: No.
2.
Date ca. 1820-1822, per William
Allen.
Library and courts, variant
scheme A, 1818
1818
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 10 (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Floor plan - library,
rotunda, committee rooms
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 11 (C size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Inscription on recto: an inch to
32 f.
Verso obscured by lining;
notations include computations.
Library of Congress -
variant scheme B, between
1819 and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 12 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Inscription on verso: Capitol
Library.
South wing vestibule - floor
plan, between 1819 and
1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 13 (C size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
Inscription on recto: Vestibule
of South wing. with plan of proposed improvements. 4 ft to an
Inch.
Shows Bulfinch's 1828
alterations, per William Allen.
South Wing vestibules and
stairways, plan, between
1819 and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 14 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
Drawing shows Bulfinch's
alterations, 1828, per William Allen.
House of Representatives
seating plan (reversed), between 1821 and 1844
between 1821 and 1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 15 (C size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Verso obscured by
lining.
House of Representatives
seating plan, between
1819 and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 16 (C size)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
18th Congress, 1825 (William
Allen).
Design for glass ceiling -
House of Representatives, between 1819 and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 17 (D size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Inscription on recto: Design for
a level Ceiling of Glass, proposed for the Hall of Representatives of
the U.S. C Bulfinch.
Date: 1821-1822 (William
Allen).
Column capital variation
with tobacco, between
1819 and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 18 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Fluted pillar of sheet iron
(stove), July 5,
1828
July 5, 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 19 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Signed
Inscription on recto: "fluted
pillar of Sheet iron", "1 inch to a foot", "Sent for July 5. 1825. S.P.
Morris"
Mounted on paper, verso
obscured
Denticulated cornice;
beaded
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 20 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Verso obscured by
lining.
Library of Congress, variant
scheme B, between 1819
and 1828
between 1819 and 1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2474, no. 21 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
Inscription on recto: 4 ft. to
an inch.
Date: 1818-1820 (William
Allen).
Architectural drawings for a
house, 33 Commercial Street, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2479
3 items : ink, wash, watercolor,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Reference copy available for one
UNIT item in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing house as
plans.
Floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2479, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2479, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2479, no. 3 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawings for a
house with two advance wings and curved hyphens, 1787-1832
1787-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2480
2 items : ink, watercolor, and
graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Date based on years during which
Bulfinch practiced as an architect.
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
between 1787 and 1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2480, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1787 and
1832
between 1787 and 1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2480, no. 2 (A size)
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
1814-1815
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2481
1 item : ink, wash, and
watercolor.
Front elevation, 1814-1815
1814-1815
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2481, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink, wash, and
watercolor.
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
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2482
4 items : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
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
ADE - UNIT 2482, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Verso lined.
Front elevation & detail
sketches
ADE - UNIT 2482, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Verso lined with
paper.
Front frame and elevation,
with projecting bay, between 1830 and 1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2482, no. 3 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Architectural
drawing
ADE - UNIT 2482, no. 4 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Architectural drawings for a
three-story house with piazza, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2483
4 items : ink, watercolor, and
graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing house and piazza
as plans.
Cellar plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2483, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Ground floor
plan
ADE - UNIT 2483, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, graphite,
and watercolor on paper.
Verso lined with
paper.
Chamber floor
plan
ADE - UNIT 2483, no. 3 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Verso lined with
paper.
Attic floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2483, no. 4 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Verso lined with
paper.
Watermark: "J. Whatman, Turkey
Mill"
Architectural drawings for a
two-story house, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2484
2 items : ink, colored ink, and
graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawings showing house as
plans.
Floor plans - chamber and
dining room, between 1830
and 1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2484, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, color ink,
and graphite on paper.
Floor plans, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2484, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, color ink,
and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawings for a
house with an L-shaped piazza, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2485
6 items : watercolor, ink, wash,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
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 three schemes
for a house as plans.
Ground floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2485, no. 1 (B size)
1 drawing : watercolor, ink,
and graphite on paper.
Sketches, gothic church and
furnishings, between 1830
and 1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2485, no. 1v (B size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Chamber floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2485, no. 2 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Chamber floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2485, no. 3 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Chamber floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2485, no. 4 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
Ground floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2485, no. 5 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Chamber and ground - floor
plans, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2485, no. 6 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Architectural drawing for a
T-shaped house. Elevation two story house with flanking porches, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2486
1 item : watercolor, ink, and
graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Elevation two story house
with flanking porches, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2486, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : watercolor, ink, and
graphite.
Drawings previously attributed
to Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing house and
porches as elevation.
Architectural drawing for a
two-story house with round bay and one-story wing, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2487
1 item : ink and watercolor ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Second story plan, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2487, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and
watercolor.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Watermark: "J. Whatman, Turkey
Mill"
Summary: Working drawing showing house as
plan.
Architectural drawings for an
Italianate house, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2488
2 items : ink, watercolor, and
wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
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
elevations.
Front elevation, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2488, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink on
paper.
Side elevation, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2488, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Architectural drawings for a
two-story house with piazza, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2489
2 items : ink, watercolor,
graphite, and wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing house as plans
and elevations.
Chamber floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2489, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
Plan of Piazza
ADE - UNIT 2489, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Inscription: "9 feet
Piazza"
Front and side elevation of
building
ADE - UNIT 2489, no. 2v (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Architectural drawing for a
monument, 1810-1832
1810-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2490
1 item.
Front elevation, 1810-1832
1810-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2490, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink, watercolor, and
graphite on paper.
Date based on design style and
date of last known work.
Inscription: "Price for this
without letters 131$ If pyramid 2 x 2 ft & 4 f high [...] --G.B.",
:20"
Summary: Working drawing showing monument as
elevation and detail; sketch for alternate tops.
Sketch of wood joining
detail, 1810-1832
1810-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2490, no. 1v (A size)
1 item : graphite on
paper.
Notes include
computations.
Architectural drawing for a
monument with obelisk on top of Doric portico, 1820-1844
1820-1844
ADE - UNIT 2491
1 item : ink and graphite on
paper.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Front elevation, 1820-1844
1820-1844
ADE - UNIT 2491, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and graphite on
paper.
Drawings previously attributed
to Charles Bulfinch; possibly by him.
Monument is 215 ft.
tall.
Summary: Working drawing showing monument as
elevation.
Architectural drawings for a
parapet, 1810-1832
1810-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2492
2 items : ink, wash, and
watercolor ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Date based on design style and date
of last known work.
Summary: Working drawings showing parapet as
elevations; renderings.
Elevation of parapet, between 1810 and
1832
between 1810 and 1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2492, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
watercolor on paper.
Inscription on recto: "extent at
base 50 ft, at top 30, height 12"
Elevation of parapet, between 1810 and
1832
between 1810 and 1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2492, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
watercolor on paper.
Inscription on recto: "extent at
base 50 ft, center 22, & height 12, each flank 14...10
high"
Architectural drawing for a
church ("New North Church"), Hanover Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1802-1804
1802-1804
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2493
1 item : ink, watercolor, and
graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Interior perspective, 1802-1804
1802-1804
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2493, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink, watercolor, and
graphite.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on provenance.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing church
interior as perspective projection.
Architectural drawing for a
wooden truss bridge, 1810-1832
1810-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2494
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder 71 x 102 cm.
Bridge plan and elevation,
1810-1832
1810-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2494, no. 1 (D size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
Date based on truss type and
date of Bulfinch's last known work.
Verso obscured by
lining.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing bridge as
plan and elevation; engineering drawing.
Architectural drawing for
gothic-style church, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2495
1 item : ink and watercolor ; in
folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Transverse section, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2495, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : ink and
watercolor.
Signed G.B.P.; possibly by
George B. Perkins.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing church as
section.
Architectural drawing of Bowdoin
Street Congregational Meeting House, Boston, Massachusetts, 1831
1831
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
annotator
ADE - UNIT 2496
1 item : photomechanical print ;
in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing of
Bowdoin Street Congregational Meeting House, 1831
1831
ADE - UNIT 2496, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : photomechanical
print.
Annotations by Charles Bulfinch,
giving dimensions of galleries, organ and other features.
Summary: Broadside advertisement for auction
of pews, showing church and pews as plan.
Architectural drawing of
straight and fractured bent timbers, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2497
1 item : graphite ; in folder(s)
51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing of
straight and fractured bent timbers, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2497, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : graphite.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Drawing showing timbers as
perspective projection; sketch and rendering.
Engineering drawing for a
building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2498
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Engineering drawing for a
building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2498, no. 1 (D size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Probably a drawing for the same
building, in a different hand, that was processed as ADE - UNIT
2500.
Summary: Working drawing showing building,
probably a hospital, with heating flues as section; HVAC drawing.
Architectural drawings for an
industrial building, 1847
1847
Perkins, George B.,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2499
3 items : ink, graphite, and
colored ink ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Possibly a laundry building for
Massachusetts General Hospital, drawn in 1847.
Date based on possibility that
building is for Massachusetts General Hospital.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Preliminary drawings showing industrial
building and geometric studies as elevations and perspective
projections.
Elevation
ADE - UNIT 2499, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing: ink and graphite
on paper.
Lined with paper.
Initialed "G.B.P." on verso of
no. 1.
Partial
elevation
ADE - UNIT 2499, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing: graphite on
paper.
3 geometric
studies
ADE - UNIT 2499, no. 2v (A size)
1 drawing: color ink on
paper.
Inscription: Plate 2nd Figs 2nd
3d & 4th"
Verso of item no. 2 related to
drawings processed as ADE - UNIT 2704.
Perspective with hand drawn
grid, 1847
1847
Perkins, George B.,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2499, no. 3 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Architectural drawing for a
building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2500
1 item : ink, watercolor, and
graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Architectural drawing for a
building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2500, no. 1 (D size)
1 item : ink, watercolor, and
graphite.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Probably a drawing for the same
building, in a different hand, that was processed as ADE - UNIT
2498.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing building,
probably a hospital, with rooms containing rows of beds and flues as
plans and sections; HVAC drawing.
Architectural drawing for
alterations to a Congregational church ("Old South Church"), Hallowell,
Maine, 1806
1806
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2501
1 item : ink, wash, and
watercolor ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Front elevation, 1806
1806
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2501, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : ink, wash, and
watercolor.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on provenance and drawing style.
Summary: Working drawing showing church and
steeple as elevation; rendering.
Architectural drawings for a
church ("New South Church"), Summer Street and Bedford Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, 1814
1814
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2502
2 items : ink, wash, and graphite
; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Drawings not signed; attribution
based on provenance and drawing style.
Reference copy available for one
UNIT item in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Preliminary drawings showing church,
spire, steeple, and interior space as elevations and perspective
projections; renderings.
Exterior. Elevation, 1814
1814
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2502, no. 1 (B size)
1 architectural drawing on
wove paper : ink, wash, and graphite.
Attribution based on provenance
and style of drawing. Date from The Architecture of Charles Bulfinch /
Harold Kirker, Cambridge, Mass.
Summary: Federal style design with steeple and
spire modeled after that of St. Martin's-in-the-Field, London, and
tetrastyle Greek revival portico.
Interior perspective, 1814
1814
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2502, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Interior
perspective
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2502, no. 2v (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Architectural drawings for the
White House, Washington, D.C., 1828
1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2503
3 items : ink, graphite,
watercolor, and wash ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm. or smaller.
Drawings not signed; attribution
based on provenance.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing White House,
north portico, and curved driveway as plans, elevations, and details.
Front elevation, 1828
1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2503, no. 1 (C size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Plan of portico and curved
driveway, 1828
1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2503, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Plan and detail of portico,
1828
1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2503, no. 3 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Architectural drawings for a
church ("Unitarian Church"), D Street and 6th Street, Washington, D.C.,
1821-1822
1821-1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507
14 items : ink, wash, watercolor,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Date from Kirker's The architecture
of Charles Bulfinch, 1969.
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
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : ink on
paper.
Plot plan
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 1v (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
Inscriptions: "Square-No 489",
"6th Street", "5th Street", "North D Street."
Floor plan, 1821 or
1822
1821 or 1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 2 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Front elevation
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 3 (B size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Side elevation, with
variation, 1821 or
1822
1821 or 1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 4 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Front portico and tower.
(Overlay for no. 6), 1821
or 1822
1821 or 1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 5 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Front elevation, 1821 or
1822
1821 or 1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 6 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
watercolor on paper.
Interior elevation
outline
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 6v (B size)
1 drawing : ink on
paper.
Inscription on recto:
"4"
Interior elevation, apse,
1821 or
1822
1821 or 1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 7 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Interior elevation of
gallery, with organ, 1821
or 1822
1821 or 1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 8 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Longitudinal section showing
vault, 1821 or
1822
1821 or 1822
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 9 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Sketch elevation of
organ
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 10 (B size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Inscription on recto:
"16"
Watermark: "D. AMES" Lined with
paper
Elevation of
pulpit
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 11 (B size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Inscription on verso: "Mr.
Bulfi"
Watermark: "Butler's
18..."
Pulpit, elevation &
sketch plan
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 12 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Inscription on recto:
"10"
Pulpit, plan
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 12v (B size)
1 drawing : ink on
paper.
Inscription on recto:
"11"
Pulpit plan &
elevation
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 13 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Inscription on recto:
"17"
Back cover
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2507, no. 14 (B size)
1 item : other on
paper.
Architectural drawings for
unidentified cupolas, 1810-1832
1810-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2508
2 items : ink, wash, watercolor,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawings not signed; attribution
based on drawing style.
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
between 1810 and 1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2508, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Plan
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2508, no. 1v (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Inscription: "13"
Elevation, between 1810 and
1832
between 1810 and 1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2508, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
watercolor on paper.
Design drawing for a stove.,
1824
1824
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2509
1 item : ink and wash ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Elevation and plan, 1824
1824
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2509, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and
wash.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on provenance and drawing style.
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
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2510
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Architectural drawing
showing the interior of a building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2510, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
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
1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511
10 items : ink, watercolor, wash,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm. or smaller.
Date from Kirker's The architecture
of Charles Bulfinch, 1969.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings
showing site, state house, capitals, roof, dome, cupola, and octagonal drum
of dome as site plans, plans, elevations, and details; renderings; landscape
architecture drawings.
Elliptical Grounds Plan
("Maine State House"), Augusta, Maine
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 1 (B Size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Elliptical Grounds
Plan
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 2 (B Size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Plan of octagonal
drum
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 3 (A Size)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
Plan of octagonal
drum
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 3v (A Size)
1 drawing : ink on
paper.
Plan of octagonal drum,
1829
1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 4 (A Size)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
Inscription on recto: "this
design was executed."
Capital
variations
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 5 (C Size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Inscription on recto:
"Nicholson", "improved", "Palladio", "Villa Albani"
Mounted on paper and
linen
Capital
variations
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 6 (C Size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Inscription on recto: "Vignola",
"Sr Wm chambers", "Main State house", "2.6", "3ft at base, 4 [...]
high"
Mounted on paper and
linen
Detail of column
capital
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 7 (B Size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Mounted on paper and
linen
Detail of column
capital
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 8 (B Size)
1 drawing : ink on
paper.
Inscription on recto: "Capital
to Column of 3 ft at base", "2[...]"
Detail of column
capital
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 9 (B Size)
1 drawing : ink on
paper.
Detail of column
capital
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2511, no. 10 (B Size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Architectural drawing for
seating in a gallery supported by Corinthian columns, 1800-1832
1800-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2512
1 item : ink, wash, and graphite
on paper.
Drawing previously identified as
Senate chamber gallery.
Summary: Working drawing showing gallery, seating,
and Corinthian capital as plan and section.
Section with Corinthian
capital
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2512, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Partial floor
plan
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2512, no. 1v (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Architectural drawing for
coffers, 1818-1829
1818-1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2513
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Probably for the U.S.
Capitol.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on provenance and drawing style.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing coffers as
plan.
Grid design
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2513, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and graphite on
paper.
Senate Bill, February 24,
1817
February 24, 1817
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2513, no. 1v (A size)
1 item : ink on
paper.
Architectural drawings of
perspective studies, 1813-1832
1813-1832
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514
6 items : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Beginning date based on watermarks;
end date based on date of last known work.
Summary: Preliminary drawings showing
streetscapes, geometrical shapes, and interior as perspective projections;
studies; notes on strength of timber beams and iron bars.
Geometrical diagrams
relating to perspective methods by various authors; one-point
perspective sketch of interior, between 1790 and 1844
between 1790 and 1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 1 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Note at center: "Artist's
repository".
Perspective sketch of structure
with pedimented wings on verso.
M.I.T. no. A-d-13.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on handwriting and drawing style.
Summary: Four diagrams showing Miller, Kirby,
Priestley, and Jesuit & French methods of perspective; sketch of
interior to left.
Structure with pedimented
wings. Perspective sketch, between 1790 and 1844
between 1790 and 1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 1v (B size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Manuscript notations on
drawing.
M.I.T. no. A-d-13.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on handwriting and drawing style.
From the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology School of Architecture and Planning deposit.
One-point perspective
sketches of structure, road, and trees, with shifting vanishing point,
between 1790 and
1844
between 1790 and 1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Church interior elevation and
section with galleries and vaulted ceiling on verso.
M.I.T. no. A-d-12.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on handwriting and drawing style.
Summary: Four sketches.
Church interior with
galleries and vaulted ceiling. Perspective sketch, between 1790 and
1844
between 1790 and 1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 2v (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
M.I.T. no. A-d-12.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on drawing style.
Perspective of two 3-story
structures
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 3 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Perspective rule for drawing
square structure illustrated with geometrical diagram; figure IV, between 1790 and
1844
between 1790 and 1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 4 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
M.I.T. no. A-d-7 or
A-d-8.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on handwriting and drawing style.
Summary: Manuscript description of "rule IV,"
illustrated by "fig. IV".
Faint drawing
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 4v (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Notes on strength of
timbers
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 5 (A size)
1 item : ink on
paper.
Inscriptions on recto: "From
Barlow on strength of timber -- page 168", "42"
Watermark: S, T, &
Co
Notes on strength of iron
bars
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2514, no. 6 (A size)
1 item : ink on
paper.
Inscriptions on recto: "Results
of experiments on iron bars of 1 inch square, to determine the weight
required to tear them asunder", "43"
Design drawing for woven oval
motif set within a square, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2520
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Design drawing for woven
oval motif set within a square, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2520, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Preliminary drawing; detail.
Architectural drawing for
architectural elements, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2521
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing for
architectural elements, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2521, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
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
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2524
2 items : ink, colored ink,
graphite, and colored pencil ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawings previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Probably related to geometric study
processed as ADE-UNIT 2499, no. 2 (A size) verso.
Summary: Geometrical perspective studies.
Architectural drawings of
geometrical shapes
ADE - UNIT 2524, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and colored
pencil on paper.
Verso obscured by
lining
Architectural drawings of
geometrical shapes
ADE - UNIT 2524, no. 2 (A size)
1 item : ink, colored ink,
and graphite on paper.
Notations include
computations.
Sketch
ADE - UNIT 2524, no. 2v (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Inscription: "48800 = Lane near
Caldwells"
Notations include
computations.
Architectural drawings for
remodeling a house into a hospital ("Joseph Barrell House remodeled as
McLean Hospital"), Somerville, Massachusetts, 1817
1817
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2525
3 items : ink, watercolor, and
wash ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm. or smaller.
Date, building name, and city from
Kirker's The architecture of Charles Bulfinch, 1969.
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
1817
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2525, no. 1 (D size)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
watercolor on paper.
Inscriptions on recto: Covered
piazza ; Upper terrace ; Lower terrace level of the foundation of the
wings ; Garden fence.
Floor plan, 1817
1817
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2525, no. 2 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and
watercolor on paper.
Elevation, 1817
1817
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2525, no. 3 (C size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and wash on paper.
Architectural drawing for a
building with wall of windows, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2526
1 item : ink and watercolor ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Floor plan, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2526, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and
watercolor.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing building as
plan.
Architectural drawing for a
commercial building with ashlar masonry, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2527
1 item : ink, watercolor, and
wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Reference copies available for some
UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Front elevation rendering,
1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2527, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink, watercolor, and
wash.
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
1817-1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2528
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Plan and elevation, 1817-1829
1817-1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2528, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
Drawings not signed; attribution
based on provenance and drawing style.
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
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2529
3 items : ink, watercolor, wash,
and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
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
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2529, no. 1 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
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
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2529, no. 2 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
wash, and graphite on paper.
Floor plan, between 1830 and
1860
between 1830 and 1860
ADE - UNIT 2529, no. 3 (B size)
1 drawing : ink, watercolor,
and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawing for a
molding, 1790-1844
1790-1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2530
1 item : graphite and ink ; in
folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing for a
molding, 1790-1844
1790-1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2530, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : graphite and
ink.
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
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2531
1 item : graphite and ink ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Drawing showing landscape
and perspective studies of furnished rooms, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2531, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : graphite and
ink.
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
1818-1829
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2532
1 item : graphite ; in folder(s)
35 x 46 cm.
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
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2532, no. 1 (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Gate partial
plan
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2532, no. 1v (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Inscription: "present Stone
wall"
Architectural drawing for a
gothic-style column with octagonal base and foliate capital, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2533
1 item : ink ; in folder(s) 35 x
46 cm.
Architectural drawing for a
gothic-style column with octagonal base and foliate capital, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2533, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing column
base and capital as elevations and details.
Architectural drawing for
framing of a building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2534
1 item : ink ; in folder(s) 35 x
46 cm.
Architectural drawing for
framing of a building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2534, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing building and
framing as plan; structural drawing.
Design drawing for a pier table,
1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2535
2 items : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing pier table as
elevations.
Table elevation
ADE - UNIT 2535, no. 1 (B size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Mounted on paper.
Side elevation of pier
table
ADE - UNIT 2535, no. 2 (A size)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Side elevation of pier
table
ADE - UNIT 2535, no. 2v (A size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Architectural drawing for a
house, 1858
1858
ADE - UNIT 2536
1 item : graphite ; in folder(s)
51 x 61 cm.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing site, house,
outbuildings, and driveway, as site plan.
Site plan
ADE - UNIT 2536, no. 1 (B size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Drawings
ADE - UNIT 2536, no. 1v (B size)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
"Pike's Store" inscribed on
verso.
Notations include
computations.
Architectural drawing for
alterations to a church ("St. John's Church"), Washington, D.C., 1818
1818
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2537
1 item : ink, wash, and graphite
; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Section, 1818
1818
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2537, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : ink, wash, and
graphite.
Drawing not signed; attribution
based on provenance.
Church originally designed by
Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
Summary: Working drawing showing church as
section.
Architectural drawing for a
commercial building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2538
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Architectural drawing for a
commercial building, 1830-1860
1830-1860
ADE - UNIT 2538, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
Drawing previously attributed to
Charles Bulfinch.
Summary: Working drawing showing commercial
building and framing as plans, and elevation; structural drawing.
Architectural drawing of a
church ("St. Stephen's Walbrook"), London, England, 1786
1786
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2539
1 item : ink and graphite ; in
folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Floor plan, 1786
1786
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2539, no. 1 (A size)
1 item : ink and
graphite.
Address and date from C. Place's
Charles Bulfinch, 1925.
Church designed by Christopher
Wren.
Summary: Measured drawing showing church,
organ loft, porch, chancel, and dome as plans.
Architectural drawing for a
church, 1791-1828
1791-1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2601
1 item : stat ; in folder(s) 51 x
61 cm.
Architectural drawing for a
church, 1791-1828
1791-1828
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2601, no. 1 (B size)
1 item : stat.
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
1801-1816
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2755
1 item : ink ; in folder(s) 56 x
71 cm.
Basement floor plan, 1801-1816
1801-1816
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
ADE - UNIT 2755, no. 1 (C size)
1 item : ink.
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
1794-1844
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
LOT 13063 (H)
1 v. (text, 19 architectural
drawings, 3 prints) : ink, wash, graphite, and engraving ; 40 x 25
cm.
Cover is marbled paper.
In album: "Principles of
Perspective".
Album not signed; attribution based
on inscription inside cover "Identified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch,
& in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894."
Date based on watermark and date of
Bulfinch's death.
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
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 1 (H)
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
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 2 (H)
1 architectural drawing on
paper : ink and wash.
Principles of perspective,
ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 3 (H)
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
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 4-5 (H)
1 architectural drawing on
paper : ink and wash.
Practical and comparative
perspective, English and French [text], ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 6 (H)
1 sheet : ink on
paper.
English and French methods,
ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 7 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash on
paper.
Blank page
LOT 13063, no. 8 (H)
Perspective drawings of
circles and octagons, ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 9 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
graphite on paper.
General rules from Kirby's
perspective of architecture [text], ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 10 (H)
1 sheet : ink on
paper.
General rules from Kirby's
perspective of architecture, ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 11 (H)
1 sheet : ink, wash on
paper.
To determine the perspective
of squares in various situations [text], ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 12 (H)
1sheet : ink on
paper.
Perspective of squares,
ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 13 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash on
paper.
To determine the perspective
of squares in various situations [text], ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 14 (H)
1 sheet : ink on
paper.
To determine the perspective
of squares in various situations [perspective of cubes], ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 15 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash, and
graphite on paper.
Horizontal and vertical
planes and room interior, ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 16-17 (H)
1 drawing : ink, graphite,
and wash on paper.
Blank page
LOT 13063, no. 18 (H)
Tree-lined lanes, ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 19 (H)
1 drawing : graphite, ink on
paper.
Blank page
LOT 13063, no. 20 (H)
Perspective representations
of three stairways, ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 21 (H)
1 architectural drawing on
paper : ink and wash.
Blank page
LOT 13063, no. 22 (H)
Perspective of table and
wheels, ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 23 (H)
1 drawing : ink, graphite,
and wash on paper.
Blank page
LOT 13063, no. 24 (H)
Closet with tower, roof,
ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 25 (H)
1 drawing : ink, graphite on
paper.
Blank pages
LOT 13063, no. 26-27 (H)
Colonnades, ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 28 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash with
graphite on paper.
Church plan & columns,
ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 29 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash with
graphite on paper.
From Dr. Gregory's
encyclopedia [text], ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 30 (H)
1 sheet : ink on
paper.
Perspective representations
of house with front parallel to ground line and house in oblique
perspective, ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 31 (H)
1 architectural drawing on
paper : ink and wash.
Structure, Ware and Kirby
methods, ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 32 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash on
paper.
Structure, ca. 1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 33 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash with
graphite on paper.
Blank pages
LOT 13063, no. 34-38 (H)
Ornate fountain in the
countryside, ca.
1813
ca.
1813
LOT 13063, no. 39 (H)
1 print :
engraving.
Plate from unidentified book,
No. XVI, Pl.2, p. 3.
Blank pages
LOT 13063, no. 40-41 (H)
Bridge, between 1780 and
1810
between 1780 and 1810
LOT 13063, no. 42 (H)
1 print :
engraving.
Plate from a unidentified book,
no. XVI, pl.1, p. 3.
Vue du Chateau de Vincennes
sous Charles V, between
1780 and 1810
between 1780 and 1810
LOT 13063, no. 43 (H)
1 print :
engraving.
Plate from a unidentified book,
No. X, pl.1, p. 17.
Plaza, ca. 1813
ca.
1813
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
LOT 13063, no. 44 (H)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Sketchbook of design drawings
for stoves, 1824
1824
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844,
architect
LOT 13064 (H)
1 sketchbook (8 design drawings)
: ink, wash, and graphite ; 22 x 13 cm.
Date based on information from
William Allen, U.S. Capitol architectural historian, in telephone call on
April 25, 1996.
Reference copies available for some
items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes working drawings for ornamental
cast-iron heating stoves, including a fireplace stove, a lotus pipe stove,
and stoves in the Library at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., as plans,
elevations, and sections; renderings; HVAC drawings.
Blank pages
LOT 13064, no. 1-2 (H)
Design drawing for a stove.
Front and top, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 3 (H)
1 item : ink and wash ; 22 x
13 cm.
Blank page
LOT 13064, no. 4 (H)
Design drawing for a stove.
Front, side, and top, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 5 (H)
1 item : ink, wash, and
graphite ; 22 x 13 cm.
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LOT 13064, no. 6 (H)
Design drawing for a
fireplace stove. Front and top, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 7 (H)
1 item : ink, wash, and
graphite ; 22 x 13 cm.
Design drawing for stove.
Front, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 8 (H)
1 item : ink ; 22 x 13
cm.
Design drawing for a lotus
pipe stove. Front and top, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 9 (H)
1 item : ink and wash ; 22 x
13 cm.
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LOT 13064, no. 10 (H)
Design drawing for a
fireplace stove. Front and top, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 11 (H)
1 item : ink and wash ; 22 x
13 cm.
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LOT 13064, no. 12 (H)
Design drawing for a
fireplace stove. Front and top, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 13 (H)
1 item : ink and wash ; 22 x
13 cm.
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LOT 13064, no. 14 (H)
Stoves in the Library at
Washington, 1824
1824
LOT 13064, no. 15 (H)
1 item : ink and graphite ;
22 x 13 cm.
Design drawing for stoves in the
Library at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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LOT 13064, no. 16 (H)
Architectural drawings of
buildings designed by Bulfinch, and others, including comparative studies of
his churches and those of his contemporaries in America and their
predecessors in England, 1803-1827
1803-1827
Bulfinch, Charles,
1763-1844
LOT 13065 (H)
1 sketchbook (25 architectural
drawings) : graphite, ink, wash, and watercolor ; covers 27 x 21
cm.
Possibly includes drawings of the
Church of the Holy Cross, Boston, Massachusetts.
Cover is marbled.
These drawings have not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but have sometimes been credited to
him. One drawing, in particular, for an unidentified church dated between
1840 and 1860, (LOT 13065, no. 20) indicates that a hand other than
Bulfinch's produced it, based on building style and date of another drawing
for hardware ([ADE -
UNIT 2536](ead10191) [formerly ADE 11 Bulfinch, no. 102]).
Reference copies available for some
items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes architectural drawings of Boston
Library, Boston, Massachusetts; William Bingham House and Girard College,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; iron gates for the Bank of the United States in
Philadelphia that Bulfinch ordered for the U.S. Capitol; a theater in
Birmingham, England; a U-shaped house; a triumphal arch in Milan, Italy;
comparisons of churches, including Hollis Street, Brattle Street, Trinity,
and New North Churches in Boston, Massachusetts; Grace Church and St. Paul's
in New York; Independent Church in Baltimore, Maryland; First Congregational
Church in Providence, Rhode Island; churches in England, including a church
in Southampton; Church of St. Stephen Walbrook, London; and Surrey Chapel in
St. George's Fields; and churches in unidentified cities as plans,
elevations, sections, and perspective projections; sketches and renderings;
record drawings; measured drawings; also specifications for some of the
buildings depicted.
Triumphal arch, at Milan,
Italy, between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 1 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
graphite on paper.
Elevation.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Two story, five bay
building. Elevation, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 2 (H)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
Inscription on recto: from
Crunden's Designs.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Plan of a U-shaped house,
between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 3 (H)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on paper.
Inscription on recto: from
Ware's Architecture.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Summary: Floor plan of a u-shaped house with
central stair hall and four chambers; includes octagonal chamber.
Two story, five bay
building. Elevation, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 4 (H)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Summary: Includes pedimented central pavilion,
hip roof with decorative urns, bull's-eye window in pediment, pedimented
entrance portico; giant order Corinthian pilasters indicated in half
elevation.
Front of Boston Library,
Franklin place, between
1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 5 (H)
1 drawing : ink, graphite,
and wash on paper.
Inscription on verso (page 6)
includes calculations and provenance stamp.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Partial elevation.
Copy negative of verso (page 6)
shows near complete bleed-through of recto including urns covered by
thin paper on recto.
Summary: Architectural drawing showing partial
elevation of the front of the Boston Library at Franklin Place. Central
pavilion of Tontine Crescent features pedimented central portico with
in-antis Ionic columns framing Venetian window beneath a fanlight
window; urns in flanking niches beneath garlanded circular motifs
covered over by thin paper. Keystones sketched above openings flanking
carriageway.
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LOT 13065, no. 6 (H)
No drawing, but has some
scribbled computations.
Inigo Jones' Division.
Rious' Division, between
1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 7 (H)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Summary: Comparative elevations showing
relative proportions of stories of buildings designed by Inigo Jones and
Riou.
Specifications for Hollis
Street Church, between
1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 8 (H)
1 item : ink on
paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Summary: Handwritten specifications provide
external and internal dimensions including those for galleries, columns,
and a "Corinthian Venetian window behind the pulpit".
Meeting house (Hollis
Street, Boston, Mass.). Plan and perspective, between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 9 (H)
2 drawings (1 sheet) : ink,
wash, and graphite.
Inscription on page eight of
Bulfinch Sketch Book: "Ground plat & East view of the Meeting house
in Hollis Street Boston."
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Summary: Architectural drawings for Hollis
Street Church showing the floor plan and east view as perspective
projection.
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LOT 13065, no. 10-11 (H)
Hollis Street Church,
Boston, Mass. Interior sectional elevation of pulpit end, between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 12 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash and
graphite on paper.
Inscription on recto: "Pulpit
end. 60 feet".
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Summary: Rendered interior sectional elevation
of Hollis Street Church, Boston, Mass., showing fluted Ionic columns on
pedestals and impost blocks supporting coffered ceiling with octagonal
dome.
Ionic columns defining
ballustraded galleries. Interior sectional elevation, between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 13 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
watercolor and graphite on paper.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Summary: Ionic columns defining ballustraded
galleries framing draped Venetian window with Corinthian colonettes.
Unidentified church. Front
elevation, between 1803
and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 14 (H)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Summary: Sketch front elevation study showing
giant Ionic order framing central Venetian window beneath attic story
with central clock framed by fan-like decorative forms beneath domed
cupola. Computations. Possibly Church of the Holy Cross, Boston,
Mass.
Unidentified church.
Elevation, between 1803
and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 15 (H)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Summary: Giant Ionic order with paired columns
flanking entrance beneath triangular pediment and domed bell tower.
Study sketch of front elevation.
Specifications for Church of
St. Stephen in Walbrook, London, England, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 16 (H)
1 item : ink on
paper.
Item in: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Church of St. Stephen in
Walbrook, London, England. Plan and elevation, between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 17 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash and
graphite on paper.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Summary: Plan and rendered longitudinal
elevation of Church of St. Stephen, Walbrook, London, England.
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LOT 13065, no. 18-19 (H)
Unidentified church.
Elevation, between 1840
and 1860?
between 1840 and 1860?
LOT 13065, no. 20 (H)
1 drawing : graphite on
paper.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him. Later date (between 1840 and 1860) based on style and [ADE - UNIT
2536](ead10191) [formerly ADE 11 Bulfinch, no. 102], indicating a hand
active after Bulfinch's death in 1844.
Summary: Sketch of three bay structure with
central tower framed with spirelets. Quatrefoil and trefoil
decorations.
Specifications for two
churches, between 1803
and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 21 (H)
1 item : ink on
paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Summary: Written specifications for "New North
Church, Boston, built 1803-4" and "First Congregational Church,
Providence, 1816, Jn. H. Green, archit."
Specifications for a chapel
in Boston, between 1803
and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 22 (H)
1 item : ink on
paper.
Inscription on recto: Measures
of the Chapel in Boston.
Item has not been definitively
attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Specifications for three
churches, between 1803
and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 23 (H)
1 item : ink on
paper.
Inscription on recto: Inside
Measures of St. Paul's in New York. Brattle Street Church, Boston.
Catholic Church, built 1803.
Item has not been definitively
attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
William Bingham House,
Philadelphia, Pa. Plan, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 24 (H)
1 drawing : ink, graphite,
and wash on paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
William Bingham House,
Philadelphia, Pa. Elevation, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 25 (H)
1 drawing : ink, wash,
graphite on paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Summary: Elevation rendering, features Gibbs
surround, Venetian and fanlight windows, decorative panels, and
tentative sketches of circular motifs.
Four churches. Transverse
sectional elevations, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 26 (H)
4 drawings (1 sheet) : ink,
wash, graphite on paper.
Inscriptions below each drawing:
"Hollis Street" "Chapel" "Grace Church, N. York" "St. Paul's, New
York".
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Four churches. Transverse
sections, between 1803
and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 27 (H)
4 drawings (1 sheet) : ink,
wash, graphite on paper.
Inscriptions below each drawing:
"Catholic" "New North Church" "South Hampton in England" "Trinity
Church-Boston".
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Surrey chapel (St. Georges
Fields, England) and Independent Church (Baltimore, Md.). Transverse
sectional elevations, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 28 (H)
1 drawing : ink and graphite
on laid paper.
Inscribed: "Surrey Chapel, St.
Georges Fields, circular building, 78 ft. clear" and "Independent Church
- Baltimore, 78 ft. square".
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Date based on album span
dates.
Dimensioned.
Watermark.
Iron gates. Elevation, between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 29 (H)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
Inscription on recto:
"Philadelphia, March 27, 1827. Charles Bulfinch, esq., Sir: I have
delayed replying to your [...] of the 23rd Inst., to annex a sketch of
the Gate at the Bank of the U. States, which I hope will be understood,
I will have your order for the railing executed and forwarded as soon as
possible. Yours, respectfully, Samuel Richards".
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Kirker, Harold. Architecture of
Charles Bulfinch, 1969 p. 330 and p. 342, note 3
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LOT 13065, no. 30 (H)
Theatre Royal, New Street,
Birmingham, England. Elevation rendering, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 31 (H)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
Inscription on recto: "Theatre
at Birmingham by Mr. Wyat [sic] arch't".
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
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LOT 13065, no. 32-33 (H)
St. Stephen's Church in
Walbrook, London, England. Section, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 34 (H)
1 drawing : ink and wash on
paper.
Inscription on recto: "St.
Stephen's Walbrook".
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Four churches. Sections,
between 1803 and
1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 35 (H)
4 drawings (1 sheet) : ink,
wash, graphite on paper.
Inscriptions below three of the
drawings read: "Federal Street" "Octagon, Summer Street" "1st Church,
Providence".
Drawing has not been
definitively attributed to Bulfinch, but has sometimes been credited to
him.
Girard College,
Philadelphia, Pa. Plan and elevation, between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 36 (H)
1 drawing : ink, graphite on
paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
Textual description of
Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa., between 1803 and 1827
between 1803 and 1827
LOT 13065, no. 37 (H)
1 item : ink on
paper.
In: The Bulfinch
sketchbook.
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LOT 13065, no. 38-44 (H)