The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Title:               Drawings

Dates:             ca. 1750-1900

Call No.:         Col. 200

Acc. No.:        [various]

Quantity:        ca. 100 items

Location:        3 H 1 + 3-7, map case E, drawer 4, and wire wall 21 D-E

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

This artificial and still open collection consists primarily of scale drawings and paintings of furniture and decorative objects.  In addition, several items depict such vehicles as locomotives, fire engines, carriages, and boats.  Media used include watercolors, pen and ink, pencil, and chalk.  The bulk of the collection dates from the second half of the 19th century with a number from the late 18th and early 19th centuries.  Artists are identified on some of the drawings.

 

ORGANIZATION

 

The items are divided by size and then arranged in accession number order.

  

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are primarily visual, but captions are mostly in English, with some in German.

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

PROVENANCE

 

Gifts and purchases from various sources.    

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:            Decoration and ornament.

                        Design.

                                                Interior decoration.

                                    Fans.

                                    Carriages and carts.

                                    Neoclassicism (Art).

                                    Maps.

                                    Ships – Drawings.

                                    Songs, German.

                                    Agricultural implements - Drawings.

                                    Harness making and trade.

                                    Cupid (Roman deity).

                                    Harbors – Massachusetts.

                                    Chairs – Drawings.

                                    Furniture – Drawings.

                                    Paper toys.

                                    Living rooms.

                                    Bookcases.

                                    Lamps – Drawings.

                                    Crests.

                                    Fashion drawings.

                                    Fashion in art.

                                    Costume design.

                                    Mirrors.

                                    Kettles.

                                    Climbing plants.

                                    Self-portraits.

                                    Beds.

                                    Wine service.

                                    Portraits.

                                    Landscape.

                                    Sepulchral monuments.

                                    Caricatures and cartoons.

                                    Locomotives – drawings.

                                    Fire engines – drawings.

                                    Room layout (Dwellings).

                                    Airships – Drawings.

                                    Quilting.

                                    Desks.

                                    Watercolor painting.

                                    Pen drawing.

                                    Pencil drawing.

                                    Illustrations.

                                    Drawings.

                                    Watercolors.

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

DRAWINGS

CALL NUMBER

ACCESSION NUMBER

ARTIST

PLACE

DATE

MEDIUM

SUBJECTS

DESCRIPTION

Col. 200 box 1

00x134.1

pencil and wash

Furniture

sketch of Chippendale chair with note to Mr. Bolin ordering 12 of them

Col. 200 box 1

01x050.10

ink

sketch of baby in elaborate hanging cradle

Col. 200 box 1

01x097.1-.2

watercolor

2 Asian figures - one woman, one old man - painted on silk

Col. 200 box 1

06x060.2

E.N. Babcock

1875-1880

pencil

portraits

Woman wearing large hat and necklace. Inscribed "Mary Sleight Dec. 15 - '75. Hudson." On reverse "Yours with love E.N. Babcock - January 27.1880."

Col. 200 box 1

06x060.3

Flora Porteous

Poughkeepsie, NY

1882

ink

children

Silhouetted children at play; one leading the other on all fours. Inscribed "Tum Horsie."

Col. 200 box 1

06x060.4

Adelaide C. Watson

Poughkeepsie, NY

1883

ink

portraits

Woman holding fan.

Col. 200 box 1

06x060.5

May F. Jones

1882

ink and wash

portraits

Woman in Pilgrim-like costume holding flowers.

Col. 200 box 1

07x038

Newburyport, MA

1834

ink

sepulchral monuments

Drawing of tombstone of Rev. Samuel Porter Williams with biographical information and verse.

Col. 200 box 1

12x085

Lancaster Co., PA

1807

watercolor

Fraktur-like drawing showing a gentleman with his walking stick but labeled Heinrich Heise.

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.10

pencil

Birds

Sketches of owl and bird.

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.11a-b

ink

Flowers

Drawings of flowers, one of which is mountain laurel. Found in The Art Amateur, vol. 37, no. 2 (August 1897).

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.4

pencil, ink, watercolor

Portraits

Drawing of soldier labelled ”Spanish."

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.5a-b

Boston, MA

ca. 1923

pencil

Design of Christmas card, angel blowing horn with ”to give you Christmas greetings from the Wessons." With envelope from the Houghton Mifflin Co. to Grace Wesson of Orange, NJ.

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.6

Jacob Woodward Manning

pencil

Portraits

Drawings of two men, one face view and one side view, latter labelled ”Old Man of the Mountain."

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.7

watercolor

Portraits

Framed miniature of man in 18th century costume. Label of A.S. Robinson, framer, Philadelphia on reverse.

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.8

watercolor

Portraits

Framed miniature of woman in 18th century costume. Label of A.S. Robinson, framer, Philadelphia on reverse.

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.9a

K. Wylie

ink and watercolor

People

Two women on a settee. Found in NC780 A41.

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.9b

K. Wylie

ink and watercolor

People

Woman in winged costume. Found in NC780 A41.

Col. 200 box 1

12x137.9c

ink

People; Animals

Sketches of woman on chair and a circus elephant. Found in NC780 A41.

Col. 200 box 1

13x026

portraits

Silhouette of man in profile, possibly Nicholas Waln.

Col. 200 box 1

13x060

ca. 1766

pen and ink

mantels

A drawing of a fireplace and over mantle captioned “Chimney piece.” Once inserted in The Chimney-piece-maker’s Daily Assistant …, London, 1766.

Col. 200 box 1

67x007c-d

pencil

pencil sketches of profiles of man and woman; on tissue paper

col. 200 box 1

68x036.1-.23

France

ca. 1860-1880

ink and watercolor

Lighting

color designs for lamps and shades

Col. 200 box 1

68x183.1

Albert Miller ?

Albany, Berks Co., PA ?

watercolor

Costume

trade card? Drawing of man in fancy dress with name and address in middle

col. 200 box 1

69x007.1-.2; 3188

P.Glazier

[England]

ca. 1750

ink and wash

Furniture

Two designs for Chippendale chairs

Col. 200 box 1

69x172.2

1840

watercolor

drawing of rosebud sent to Miss Lydia E. Bliss, Canterbury, Conn.; inscribed "To Lydia. An odd morning left behind Recalls an absent friend to mind. Yours truly, [?] Dec 13th 1840."

col. 200 box 1

69x209.1-4;3333

[Massachusetts]

ca, 1750

watercolor

4 "Metamorphosis" with poetry and drawings which open at center to reveal related figure

col. 200 box 1

69x233.2;3358

[England]

[1808-1809]

pencil

desks

sketch of secretary desk with measurements

Col. 200 box 1

70x114.1-.2

Henry C. Whelen

1878

watercolor

sketch of butterfly and floral spray; .2 is memorial card for Whelen

col. 200 box 1

73x020; 6018

[1800-1849]

ink & wash

Drawing of chair with cane seat

col. 200 box 1

74x408; 6520

F.A. Hill

Boston Harbor

n.d.

ink

Harbors--Mass.

Tiny ink sketch of 2 boats in harbor, inscribed "Scene in Boston Harbor. Time, 10 min.-What does Ruskin say about giving sketches to friends?" "Yours truly, F.A. Hill"

col. 200 box 1

76x192; 6985

[1840-1849]

watercolor

Furniture; Living rooms

Painting of living room with furnishings, mid-nineteenth century

col. 200 box 1

76x240; 7013

[1850-1899]

pencil

Beds

Four sketches of beds showing headboard and footboard designs

col. 200 box 1

76x324; 7066

[1850-1899]

ink and wash

Wine service

Drawing showing three views of wine bottle holder

col. 200 box 1

77x088.45

oil

flowers

pansy

col. 200 box 1

77x423;7510

West Stockbridge, MA

[1850-1859]

pencil

Landscapes

Sketch showing buildings, hills, and men in boat

col. 200 box 1

78x262;7923

[1840-1849]

tempera

fans; Neoclassicism(Art)

Fan painting of classical figures in wooded scene

col. 200 box 1

79x033;8001

B. Woolf

[1850-1899]

ink

Illustrations

Signed; inscribed "Master Tom shows a natural and decided taste for ceramic ornamentation whilst his father is taking a Thanksgiving day nap"

col. 200 box 1

80x115.2

n.d.

ink

Harnessmaking and trade

Scale drawing, 2 views, inscribed "Drawings of a Harness for a span of horses designed to dispense with the use of tugs, evenes, and whiffletrees"

col. 200 box 1

82x052

New York

ink

Cupid (Roman deity)

Tiny drawing of cupid with bow inscribed "Drawin by the Automaton Draftsman at the American Museum NY

col. 200 box 1

84x155.13

watercolor

flowers

colored drawing of flower and leaves on tissue

col. 200 box 1

85x118.1-5

Sandwich, MA

1877

paint on wood

Design; interior decoration

4 small designs for painted wood hangings with letter

col. 200 box 1

85x228

Attrib. to Etienne De La Vallee-Poussin

n.d.

ink & brown wash

Design; interior decoration

Arabesque design for a vertical wall panel with leaf scroll, garlands, cornucopiae, satyrs, human figures and central portrait medallion

col. 200 box 1

86x133

1859

pencil

Kettles

Outline of kettle inscribed "New Kettles Made by Jos Oat & Son Novr 17th 1859"and, on reverse, inscribed "Draft of Varnish Lettles made by Jos Oat & Son Novr 17th 1859"

col. 200 box 1

87x034

n.d.

ink

Crests

Design with goose, "spartan", and initials; Inscribed "The Crest of this size to be painted in light green upon the dark body of the carriage in the place of that now on it"

Col. 200 box 1

96x039

watercolor

flowers

sketch of flowers, found in M.A.B. du Pont Laird's copy of "Nature's Garden"; see case file

Col. 200 box 1

99x034.8

watercolor

wall hangings

design of flowers and birds for wallpaper (?)

Col. 200 box 1

99x107

watercolor

ceramics

sketch of cup with encircling vine and twig for handle; from pl. 16 in "Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils"

Col. 200 box 1

PH 1404.6

Thomas Jefferson

textile fabrics

copy of original sketch made by Jefferson in Paris for curtains in his house in New York

Col. 200 box 1

PH 214

William Chambers

England

mirrors

drawing of looking glass "for my eating room"

Col. 200 framed wire wall

63x071

[London, England]

ca. 1740

watercolor

Dance

"Sir Fopling Aires, a country dance in vogue and performed at Cournt in the year 1710 - shewing how our Grand Papa's used to figure away…"

col. 200 framed wire wall

92x029.1

student of Alexander and Archibald Robertson

New York

prob. 1798

watercolor

landscapes

"View at Paterson Bridge"; stored framed

col. 200 framed wire wall

92x029.2

student of Alexander and Archibald Robertson

New York

1798

watercolor

landscapes

"View at Elizabethtown"; stored framed

col. 200 map case E drawer 4

12x137.3

Gravestones

Rubbing of tombstone of Benjamin Wadsworth.

col. 200 map case E drawer 4

73x120

Benjamin Andrews Jr.

Del[aware]

1875

ink and wash

Large drawing inscribed "Steam Fire Engine No. 26 B.F.D." and signed and dated

col. 200 map case E drawer 4

73x121;6085

Taunton, MA

[1850-1899]

ink and watercolor

Locomotives--drawings

Large drawing of locomotive marked Wm. Mason & Co., Taunton, Massachusetts

col. 200 map case E drawer 4

75x132;6650

[New England]

[1810-1850]

ink

Quilting

Pattern drawing for stuffed work

col. 200 map case E drawer 4

82x141

Lowell, MA

ca. 1880

pen and ink

Desks

Large drawing inscribed "Meigs Physiological desk and seat co

Col. 200 ovs A

00x069.1-.4

Peiches Furniture Co.

Utica, NY

ca. 1900

watercolor

Beds

designs of bedsteads with measurements

Col. 200 ovs A

00x107

Alexander Roux

New York, NY

ca. 1850

ink and watercolor

Furniture

design for elaborate console and mirror

Col. 200 ovs A

09x004

pencil and wash

Decoration & ornament

Foliate design in gray and white, perhaps for wallpaper or plaster decoration.

Col. 200 ovs A

12x070

flowers

A colorful drawing on incredibly delicate brown tissue paper, seemingly preliminary sketches of flowers and other plants before something more formal was executed.

Col. 200 ovs A

14x004

Anne Baldwin

Litchfield, CT

ca. 1797-1798

watercolor

views

View of the City of Tolentino. Caption on back: inted by Anne Baldwin of Litchfield while a pupil at Miss Pierce’s school about 1796-8.

Col. 200 ovs A

14x041.4

Griggs

1887

watercolor

ceramics

Caption: A Chinese Salt-Arms of Cobham Jr. for 'Illustrations of Armorial China' publ 1887 by Griggs. This volume was privately printed in London by William Griggs in an edition of 100 copies.

col. 200 ovs A

69x016;3200

[1750-1799]

ink & wash

Bookcases

Design for a bookcase in classical style

Col. 200 ovs A

69x186.28

statues

drawing of statue holding shield and dagger

Col. 200 ovs A

69x186.29

Louis Keil del.

Sept. 15, 1877

ink

art

drawing of framed image of youg man on easel

Col. 200 ovs A

69x186.30

Louis Keil

Nov. 3, 1877

ink

decoration and ornament

drawing of scrolls with leaves, fish, monkey, griffin, birds, snake, other animals

Col. 200 ovs A

70x023.6-.7

ink, pencil, and wash

Decoration & ornament

.6 - rosette; .7 - leaves and grapes

Col. 200 ovs A

76x059; 6870

Samuel Fesig

Reading, PA

1810

brown ink

Climbing plants; Wallpaper

Drawing of a vine, possibly for wallpaper border. Inscribed "Made by Samuel Fesig in Reading in the year 1810"

Col. 200 ovs A

78x318; 7979

Daniel Schumacher

[Pennsylvania]

[1770-1779]

ink and watercolor

Songs, German; Agricultural implements

Song in German verse , "Ein Lied vom Bauren Stand"; decorated with drawings of farm implements and cut-out zodiacal prints

Col. 200 ovs A

82x105

1826

pencil

Ships

Sketch inscribed "Safety Barge Lady Clinton-June 15 1826"

Col. 200 ovs A

85x111

Burrowes Smith

Cincinnati, OH

1813

watercolor

Sepulchral monuments

Painting of a memorial piece for John Cox with inscription and Masonic symbols; on verso is letter from artist to Cox's mother describing the design and erecting of the stone

Col. 200 ovs A

98x152.1-.7

19-

watercolor

Furniture; Interior decoration

guest room dressing table, double bed, Japanese flower table, bay window with curtains, lamp and end table, carved head on mirrored wall above table, table with mirrored front; some have measurement

Col. 200 ovs A

PH 1378

H.W. Frackmann

Wilmington, DE

1871

ships

drawing of "Iron Propeeler: Roanoke" built by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.

Col. 200 ovs A

PH 1409

William Faris

Annapolis, MD

[1757-1804]

silver

drawings for a caster, a creamer, a punch strainer

Col. 200 ovs B

09x002

watercolor and pen

Decoration & ornament

Scenes from the Orient, people, sailing, flowers, decoration

Col. 200 ovs B

09x021.1-.9

Aug. Herbst

watercolor, pen

Room layouts; Furniture; Beds

Drawings of furniture and rooms from various time periods and artists.

Col. 200 ovs B

09x109

Zoe T. Kauffman

pencil

Silver

Drawing of a chalice.

Col. 200 ovs B

12x137.2

Ann Parker & Avon Neal

Chester, VT

Gravestones

Rubbing of tombstone of Lucinda Day, Chester, Vermont, 1800.

Col. 200 ovs B

15x077

Zoe T. Kauffman

pencil

Metal-work

Sketch of tankard

Col. 200 ovs B

2017x024.1-.3

watercolor

Decoration and ornament

Drawings of marquetry and decorative designs.

col. 200 ovs B

64x035.1-2; 1718

[J.Gilray]

England

1799

1. pencil and ink 2. reproductive print

1. Sketch inscribed "Monstrosities or Belles & Beaux of 1799", unsigned 2. Repro. of etching of similar scene with title "Monstrosities of 1799"

col. 200 ovs B

64x091.1-2; 1828

[England]

ca. 1770

watercolor

Colored drawings of ornamental wall sconces

col. 200 ovs B

66x091.1; 2442

A. de Valentini

New York

1856

watercolor

Standing figure of man at writing desk in ornately decorated room; inscribed "A. de Valentini New York 1856", paper watermarked 1855

col. 200 ovs B

69x192; 3316

New York

n.d.

ink

Carriages

Design for horse-drawn carriage inscribed "A.T. Demarest & Co. New York

col. 200 ovs B

70x010; 3374

William Rollinson

[New York]

[1800-1825]

ink and wash

Drawing of John Wesley standing with open book

col. 200 ovs B

82x331.1-5

Lincoln

1893

watercolor

Fashion; Costume

Five paintings: 1 color, 1 sepia, 3 black & white of single female figure in fashionable dress

col. 200 ovs B

85x229

Style of Richard Lalonde

n.d.

red chalk

Mirrors

Design for mirror incorporating naturalistic and neo-classical motifs. Rectangular strapwork frame w. draped laurel leaf rope surmounted by roundel with arms and bow.

Col. 200 ovs B

97x033.6

ink and wash

Room layouts; Architecture

interior of kitchen with stove, "Capt. ? Montague"; on reverse side view of Gothic building "Winchester ?"; matted

Col. 200 ovs B .1-.2,.6-.7,.9-.19,.21,.25-.26;.ovs C 3-.5,.8,.20,.22-.24, .27-.35

67x106.1-35

[1920-1940]

watercolor

Furniture; Interior decoration

Group of 36 drawings of furniture pieces of various styles and periods

Col. 200 ovs C

09x021.6

Furniture

two chairs, table, and large chest

Col. 200 ovs C

12x137.1

Eugene Younglove

England

ca. 1898

pencil

Locomotives--drawings

”Surry, Sussex & Southampton Railroad Engine no. 4." Handwritten note identifying people and place on reverse of board.

Col. 200 ovs C

14x051.4

Nicola Valentino

pencil

furniture

drawing of cabinet

Col. 200 ovs C

2017x015

watercolor

Machinery

Drawing of piece of machinery.

Col. 200 ovs C

2017x016

pencil

Decoration and ornament

Drawing of architectural detail for ceiling, frieze, or wall.

Col. 200 ovs C

2017x146.4

watercolor

Decoration and ornament

Drawing of paneled wall with rococo decoration.

col. 200 ovs C

66x122.1-4

Archer and Pancoast

[Philadelphia]

ca. 1880

watercolor

Chandeliers; Interior decoration

Drawings for chandeliers probably for the Indiana State House at Indianapolis; signed by Adolph Scherrer, supervising architect

col. 200 ovs C

71x146; 3635

J.R. Barry

1847

watercolor

Locomotives--drawings

Large drawing inscribed "No. 1 Three Ton Engine" signed and dated

col. 200 ovs C

75x048;6581

C. Tithian [?]

1865

watercolor

Locomotives--Drawings

Drawing inscribed "Locomotive Engine"."Rapidity"," Drawn by C. Tithian 1865"

col. 200 ovs C

75x127; 6643

Harry Fenn

Hiram, ME

[1850-1899]

pen and ink

Room layout(Dwellings); Architecture, Domestic

Sketch of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's home

col. 200 ovs C

79x343.5;8258

n.d.

watercolor

Landscapes

Painting of tropical scene with palm tree, water, and mountains

col. 200 ovs C

89x053.1-3

for Plant Manufacturing Corp.

New York

1910

watercolor

lighting; furniture

three watercolors of lamps to scale in arts and crafts style

Col. 200 ovs C

95x118

ca. 1811

ink and watercolor

Stoves

Design of stove with explanatory text in French (typed transcript); 1811 watermark

Col. 200 ovs C

PH 1359.1-.6

George Adam Bezold

Wurttemberg, Germany

1827-1829

furniture; architecture

drawings of furniture and architectural elements