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31 July 1781
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Captain Morcourt
Apologizes for not being able to immediately fulfill Morcourt's request for shot. Written at Phillipsburg (present-day Sleepy Hollow, New York).
GLC02437.01102
circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[Female nude with swan]
Sculpture design sketch. Black ink over graphite on laid paper.
GLC06343.005
[Man on horse in black ink, and three roughly sketched figures in graphite]
Sculpture design sketch. Black ink and graphite on tracing paper.
GLC06343.006
[Nude man holding female over head with children playing at his legs]
Sculpture design sketch. Reverse side has multiple anatomical sketches. Graphite on wove paper.
GLC06343.007
[Miscellaneous sketches of people performing various activities]
Sculpture design sketches. Reverse side features several more vignettes. Graphite on wove paper.
GLC06343.008
May 10, 1881
[Sculpture design sketch of a Cavalier-looking man standing atop a large foundation]
Sculpture design of a Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] standing atop a large foundation, holding a script in one hand and a sword in the other. The man appears to be standing on a small boat with surf breaking on its bow. There are several...
GLC06343.009
[Sculpture design of a cavalier-looking man [European explorer] with Native Americans]
Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] armed with a musket and sword standing with Native Americans. A ship appears anchored in the background. Graphite and iron gall ink. Reverse side features variations on this subject. Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.010
[Various statue designs based on Greek ideals of "Education, War, [and] Statesmanship"]
Ten separate sketches. Graphite on wove paper.
GLC06343.011
[Two sketches of European explorers with Native Americans]
Graphite, iron gall ink on wove paper.
GLC06343.012
[Fountain design]
Graphite and markings in red wax pencil, tan thin wove [sketch] paper.
GLC06343.013
[Sculpture design of two seated figures back to back]
Along with a profile portrait of a man in hat. A leg extends out from the right border of the paper. Graphite, ink on tan thin wove paper.
GLC06343.014
24 August 1883
[Two sketches: portraits of Reverend John Davenport and John Winslow]
Sketched portraits of "Rev. John Davenport" and "John Winslow" holding paper. Graphite, coated linen. Written below sketches, "Rev. John Davinport, 1597 [to] 1670, Yale College, New Haven . . . John Winslow, Gov. Plymouth Colony 1639."
GLC06343.015
[Relief sketch of man in robe with staff, a Native American, and a woman's head]
Various sketches depicting a man in hooded robe with staff, and other figures and vignettes. On reverse side, several profile sketches of a woman's head. Graphite on wove paper.
GLC06343.016
[Fountain design topped with standing woman and girl]
Three other small sketches below. Black ink on tan thin wove paper.
GLC06343.017
circa 1890
[Officer standing on canon waving a sword and a dead horse lying below him]
Similar rough sketches appear below the inking and on reverse side. Black ink over charcoal; laid paper with printed address.
GLC06343.018
[Officer on horseback galloping by destroyed cannon]
A light sketch of a man on horseback appears below along with some doodling. Black ink, graphite on laid paper.
GLC06343.019
[Fountain design and several sketches of one person standing with fist to chest and one sitting with head in hands]
Graphite on wove paper.
GLC06343.020
[New Years cupid [Eros] wearing a top hat and holding a champagne glass and bottle]
Black ink on tracing paper.
GLC06343.021
[Nude woman and a flying fairy in cat-tails]
GLC06343.022
[Fairy playing harp]
GLC06343.023
[Monument design]
Large central column mounted by a seated figure and bordered by numerous other figures. Measurements "50 x 25." Black ink on tracing paper.
GLC06343.024
[Fairy holding branch with one knee bent up and the other leg extended]
Apparently kneeling on a ladder. Black ink on tracing paper.
GLC06343.025
[Fairy seated with legs dangling, viewed from behind]
GLC06343.026
[A cupid ("cherub" or "putti") creeping below a grape leaf and holding a bow]
GLC06343.027
[Sculpture design: Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] holding a sword and a paper]
Below it is a small sketch of another sculpture design. Black ink, graphite on wove paper with corner losses.
GLC06343.028
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