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Finding Aid to the Edwin Whitefield Papers, 1841-1892 Col. 102 Winterthur, DE 19735
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Table of contents
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Added entries
Subjects
Artists - United States.
Artists' preparatory studies.
Cities and towns - Pictorial works.
Cities and towns in art.
Dakota Indians - Wars, 1862-1865 - Archival resources.
Dwellings - Drawings.
Dwellings in art.
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) - Description and travel.
Hudson River school of landscape painting.
Illinois - Description and travel.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Landscape drawing - 19th century.
Landscape drawing, American.
Landscape in art.
Landscape painting, American.
Lithography - 19th century.
Lithography, American.
Minnesota - Description and travel.
Minnesota - History - Sources.
Mississippi River - Description and travel.
Painters - United States.
Watercolor painting.
Whitefield, Wilfred, 1839-1926.
Genre terms
Diaries.
Drawings.
Letters.
Notebooks.
Paintings.
Photographic prints.
Photographs.
Sketchbooks.
Sketches.
Watercolors.
Functions and occupations
Artists.
Draftsmen.
Illustrators.
Landscape painters.
Lithographers.
Painters.
Real estate agents.
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Accession 65×724.1-2. Sketchbooks of Hudson River area
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| These two volumes are sketchbooks done between 1841 and 1844 for a proposed publication, “Hudson River Rail Road Illustrated.” A list of 15 potential subscribers' names, including that of Washington Irving, is in the second volume. | ||||
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Vol. 1 is contained in a 15 × 17" folder with 3 ties; the covering pages are 9 × 13 1/2" and the inside pages are 8 3/16 ×
11 9/16"
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cover. pencil? doodling
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[a]. [omitted]
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b. pen and ink drawing with watercolor "Looking up the Hudson from the mountain back of Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N.Y."
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c. double spread, pencil and watercolor “Looking up the Hudson from Haverstraw Mountain,” showing location of Peekskill and “Peekskill
Creek comes in here”
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d. double spread, pencil and green watercolor “on the Hudson, View from High Tor back of Haverstraw looking S.E.”
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e. pencil sketch of large residence, 2 stories, 6 columns, circular driveway, with fountain “Mr. Peck, Haverstraw”
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f. pencil sketch, double spread, "Samson Mills, Haverstraw, E. Peck and Son 21 Cliff St.," detail of the work yard at a business,
1 story buildings with arched openings; man, horse and cart right foreground. Top left center: detail of crane and wheelbarrow.
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g. pencil sketch, double spread, “Nyack on the Hudson from the South”
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h. pencil sketch “View from Nyack looking N.,” “Point No-Point,” showing cliff, water, 2 masted sailboat.
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i. pencil sketch of house and trees “Wm. C. Hausman, Haverstraw”
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j. pencil sketch “On the Hudson: View from Mr. Peck's, Haverstraw”
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k. pencil sketch, double spread, “On the Hudson,” “Col. Livingston will be at the Colton House on Mon. or Tues. this week, N.M.”
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l. pencil sketch, double spread, “On the Hudson: Col. Livingston's,” house with many trees.
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m. pencil sketch, double spread, “Judge Thompson's” house with wrap-around raised porch, river beyond.
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n. pencil sketch, “Mr. Appleton, Po'keepsie,” 3 story house, 4 chimneys.
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o. pencil sketch, “Looking down the Hudson from below Nyack”
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p. pencil sketch of three story house with boat dock and boats [on opposite page from o]
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q. pencil sketch, 3 story house with cupola, 4 chimneys, 2 gates.
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r. two pencil sketches of sailing vessels, top one on construction frame with two masts, bottom sketch 3 masts “100 ft. long”
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s. three pencil sketches of houses, top one is labeled “Gen. Stuart.” On reverse there are horizontal lines drawn, also two shaded
drawings.
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t. pencil sketch of 3 story house, at top of page are drawn two sailboats.
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u. pencil sketch, very dim, sail boats on a river.
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v. pencil sketch, upside down, of a town; some of the buildings have notes written on them, such as �tin� and �shingle� to indicate
their appearance.
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Volume 2 has bound pages without cover; pages are interspersed with tissues. The size is 8 1/4 × 6 3/4"
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a. pencil sketch, “Salem, from Beverly, Mass.,” skyline, sailing vessel, man, horse carts.
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b. pencil sketch, detail of ornate roofline and gothic window.
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c. pencil sketch, “Salem from Beverly, Mass.,” skyline with smoke stack, street scene with house or store.
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d. pen and ink sketch, “The Hudson River: View from Mr. Mallory's, Tarrytown”
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e. pencil sketch, roof lines of houses.
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f. writen in ink: “The Hudson River and Rail Road illustrated by a series of views comprised in a large and handsome volume containing
not less than Fifty nor more than One Hundred Views, embracing Villages, Country Seats, and places of Historical interest.
Price to subscribers Five Dollars per copy payable on delivery.”
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g. Names of subscribers, Washington Irving and 14 others, includes place of residence and number of copies ordered.
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h. Names of subscribers with columns for residence, price, number of copies.
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i. same as h.
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j. same as h.
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k. same as h.
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l. one half page, same as h.
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m. m. ruled with column headings same as h, but otherwise blank
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n. pencil sketch, “View of Denning's Point looking into the Highlands from Fishkill Landing,” train in foreground.
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o. small pencil drawing of a boat(?) and birds in flight(?), ink or blue paint doodle.
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p. pencil sketch of house, in the carpenter gothic style, upside down from previous pages.
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q. pen and ink drawing of house on river bank, labeled “8 columns on s. side W. 15th St. nr. Dr. Cheever's Ch.,” also a detailed
drawing of an archway
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r. pencil sketch of Victorian house “See Mr. Birney below Constant.” Includes some detailed drawings of columns.
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s. pencil sketch of Victorian house with tower. “Mr. Drake at the Bond St. house Danforth Do.”
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t. pencil sketch of house with columns in wooded landscape, sailboats beyond.
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u. pencil sketch of large Victorian house, “sketch the garden house,” “Danforth, 2 William St.” Includes some detailed sketches
of parts of the house.
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v. pencil sketch, garden and pond, trees, sailboat, cliffs (Palisades?) beyond.
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w. pencil sketch of a two-story house, with ornate birdhouse and tree-lined driveway.
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x. Watercolor depicting train, river, sailboats “View from Manhattanville [illegible]”
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y. very light pencil sketch, buildings with four-arch arcade between.
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z. very light pencil sketch of house with peaked roof, two chimneys.
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aa. pencil sketch, “The Old Market Quebec.” [The page is detached.]
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bb. pencil sketch and water color, appears to be railroad station, train, river view with sailboats.
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cc. pencil sketch, “Breakneck Tunnel looking north.”
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dd. pencil sketch, three-story residence with surrounding porch, “Moses H. Grinnell, 14th and 5th Avenue.”
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ee. pencil sketch, two-story house, pier, and railroad, “From Cold Spring looking North.”
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eea. pencil sketch, three-story house, multi-gabled roof, many chimneys. Includes detail of part of house.
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eeb. pencil sketch of two large residences “55 Clinton Place.”
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ff. pencil sketch of two large residences, probably the same as above from different angle.
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gg. pencil sketch and water color with tree tops in fore-ground, river and sailboat, cliffs on opposite shore.
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hh. pencil sketch, “Tunnel at Breakneck looking south.”
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ii. pencil sketch, three-story residence overlooking river.
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jj. pencil sketch with train in foreground, “Station House at Cold Spring.”
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kk. pencil sketch, railroad shed by curve in river, two-masted sailing vessel.
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ll. pencil sketch, three-story, columned residence facing river, with sail craft and sidewheeler steamboat. “R.H.Nevins”
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mm. pen and ink, water color, of small Gothic chapel.
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nn. pen and ink, water color, of railroad on causeway across inlet, sailboats and a steamboat beyond.
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oo. pencil sketch, railroad(?) bridge with a signal tower(?), “Across Peekskill Creek.”
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pp. pencil sketch, three-story, multi-peaked roof in wooded area, overlooking river. “Col. Webb.”
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qq. pencil sketch, two-story residence. “Major Jos. Delafield's Lodge at Fieldstone Farm, Yonkers.”
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rr. pencil sketch, three-story residence. “Mr. Bittner”
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ss. pencil sketch of shoreline and sailboat.
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tt. Top drawing: pencil sketch of three-story residence, labeled Flagg. Bottom drawing: watercolor of two-story house with porch,
with village beyond and river in background.
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uu. watercolors of two residences: upper one is Fonthill Castle (now part of College of Mt. St. Vincent on Hudson); lower one
is labeled “R.E.Getty.”
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vv. pen and ink and watercolor of two residences, upper one is Fonthill Castle (now part of College of Mt. St. Vincent on Hudson);
lower one is of a house with a cupola, located on the river.
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ww. pen and ink drawing of large three-story house with porch on second floor, river beyond.
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xx. pencil sketch above, pen and ink below, both of “the Old Manor House at Yonkers, N.Y.”
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yy. pencil sketch of map of shoreline showing Sing Sing and Dr. Branduth(?). “No.7” appears at top right corner.
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zz. pencil sketch of large tree without foliage. “to be 12×14 inches.”
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No. 6. pencil sketch appears to be map indicating location of residences and aqueduct from Com. Perry to State Prison.
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aaa. pen and ink sketches of two residences.
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No. 5. pencil sketch appears to be map of residences around Tarrytown
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ccc. pen and ink and watercolor of two residences, top one is two story, labeled “Mr. T. Bolmer,” bottom one is three story, labeled
“Gilman Dudley,” “all the cornices dark.”
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ddd. smudged pencil sketch of a map indicating inlet, homes with addresses, unknown town.
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eee. pencil sketch, residence overlooking river.
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fff. pencil drawn map labeled No. 2, indicating streets and residences, town unknown.
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ggg. penciled map labeled No. 3, unknown location. Top of page “Seymour home in evening except Mon. & Wed. on Saw Mill River Rd.”
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hhh. hhh. “Memoranda,” “Tarrytown,” “Hastings”
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iii. penciled map, labeled No. 4, location unknown. “Bolmer” appears twice at top of page. “Dearman” appears at bottom of page.
This page is detached from rest of volume.
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Accession 67×1. Sketchbook of Illinois and Mississippi River
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| This volume is a sketchbook of several short trips taken by Whitefield through Illinois and up the Mississippi River. Many of the pages are filled with pencil drawings of towns through which he passed and short notations and observations. 7 9/16 × 9 1/16 inch pages have been folded and hand sewn. Photographs of this sketch book are found in Box 3. | ||||
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Covering page: pencil sketch above: “Point Douglas, Minn. From below”; Below is oval 1 1/2×2 3/8" ink and water color drawing
(perhaps a hand colored print) of black and white dog lying beside lily pond
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Inside front cover (reverse of above): pencil sketch “On the Miss. Below Homer, looking down.”
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Opposite: pencil sketch “Below Homer, looking down.”
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Reverse of above: pencil sketch “Below Homer, looking down; a few pine trees here and there.”
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Opposite: pencil sketch “From Trempeleau looking up. Colors of the rocks various shades of ochre.”
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Reverse of above: “St. Paul to May 6, 1859,” notes in pencil, and miles from Galena to St. Paul, with towns in between also
listed.
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Opposite: written in ink: 2 columns listing mileage from St. Paul to St. Louis, and the towns in between.
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Reverse of above: pencil notations, Galena to Dubuque, St. Louis to St. Paul.
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Opposite: pencil sketch “From Columbus looking down.”
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Reverse of above: pencil sketch “Bluff at [left blank],” includes notes about color of rocks.
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Opposite: pencil sketch, sidewheeler river steamboat “Northern Line Packet Metropolitan”
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Reverse of above: blank
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Opposite: ink travel notes, “Chicago to Alton”
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Reverse of above: travel notes continued, also pencil drawing of Beckwith House, the “Hotel at Pana.”
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Opposite: pencil sketch “Part of Pana looking S down the I.C.R.R.”
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes written after leaving Pana, includes Irving, Hillsboro, Butler, and Litchfield.
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Opposite: pencil travel notes continued, about Gillespie and Bunker Hill
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Reverse of above: pencil sketch “From Alton, Ill. looking up the Miss.”
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Opposite: pencil sketch “From Alton, Ill. looking down at the junction of the Mississ. & Missouri.”
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Reverse of above: pencil note, one line about Alton.
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Opposite: pencil sketch “Part of Pana,” depicting a row of houses and the I.C.R.R.
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Tacusa, Moawequa, and Macon.
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Opposite: pencil sketch Central Hotel and “Depot at Decatur.”
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Decatur [this page is to left of center fold]
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Opposite: pencil travel notes about Makanda, Jonesboro, and Wetaugh.
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Ullin, Pulaski, Villa Ridge, and Cairo.
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Opposite: pencil sketch “Junction of the Ohio & Miss.”
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Reverse of above: notation “woods on the Kentucky and Missouri sides.”
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Opposite: pencil sketch “New Hotel, Cairo, looking up the Ohio.”
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Reverse of above: blank
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Opposite: pencil sketch “Jonesboro Old Town”
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Reverse of above: pencil notes about Jonesboro
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Opposite: pencil travel notes about Carbondale, De Soto, Du Quoin, St. Johns, and Tumaroa(?).
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Coloma, Ashley, Richview, and Centralia.
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Opposite: pencil travel notes C[entralia] City, Odin, Tonti, and Kinmunday.
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Farina, Mason, Watson, Effingham, and Neoga.
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Opposite: pencil travel notes about Mattson, Milton, Tuscola, Pesotum, Tolano, and Urbana.
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes continued.
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Opposite: pencil sketch “East or Old Urbana.”
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Rantoul, Pera, Prospect Village, Loda, Spring Creek, Onarga, and Gilman.
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Opposite: pencil travel notes about Chabanse, Kankakee, Manteno, Monee, and Richton
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Matteson, Thornton, and Calumet.
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Opposite: pencil travel notes about Canfield, Des Plaines, Dunton, Palatine, and Barrington; includes mileage from Chicago
to St. Paul (although the list is headed Chicago to Madison).
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Reverse of above: pencil travel notes about Crystal Lake, Ridgefield, Woodstock, Harvard, Lawrence, and Sharon.
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Opposite: pencil travel notes about Clinton, Shopiero, and Jonesville.
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Reverse of above: blank.
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Opposite: blank
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Final page (back cover): blank.
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Accession 72×308. lithograph
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Lithograph, view of Boston, 1848 (in map case 2)
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1848
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Accession 78×316.1-221. prints, sketchbooks, diaries, watercolors, lithographs, etc.
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| This accession consists of a range of Whitefield's material, created between 1842 and 1892. It includes floral prints; sketchbooks and diaries of several trips; watercolors of landscapes; lithographs, some mounted on wood, made for commercial uses and for published illustrations; pencil sketches, many of which are rough, of city scenes; pen and ink sketches; drawings of houses; photolithographs of places in New England (ca.1876); and notebooks and newspaper clippings. An individual listing of these items from the Termatrex entry is available at this repository. | ||||
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Accessions 80×48, 80×49, 81×53, and 81×54. lithographs
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| Four lithographs, described as follows: | ||||
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Printed by E. Jones & G. W. Newman, N.Y. View of the Conestoga near Lancaster
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(7 1/8 × 9 9/16 inches)
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Print: Drawn from nature by E. Whitefield, Residence of S. S. Haldeman Esq. nr. Columbia, PA
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(7 1/8 × 9 3/4 inches)
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Print: “Sunny Side Residence of Washington Irving, Esq. Drawn from nature by E. Whitefield. Printed by E. Jones & G.W. Newman,
N.Y.”
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(7 3/16 × 9 1/2 inches)
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Print with pale yellow & pale blue gray color. “Country Seat, Near Yonkers. Hudson River.”
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(7 3/8 × 9 7/16 inches)
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