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  • Apauly Tustennuggee
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    Head and shoulders portrait. He wears a yellow, striped jacket, red collar, white shirt, black cravat, silver necklace, patterned belt and silver headband, face paint and feathered headress.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Aqueductius Aelii Adriani Pont de Gard
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    Aqueducts; Antiquities; Arches; Bridges
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    William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Pont du Gard aqueduct near Nimes, France. The sketch includes his written description of the aqueduct.
  • William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838
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  • Aqueductius Aelii Adriani Pont de Gard
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    Aqueducts; Antiquities; Arches; Bridges
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    William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Pont du Gard aqueduct near Nimes, France. The sketch includes his written description of the aqueduct.
  • William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838
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  • Basilica of St. Peter
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    Monuments & Memorials; Basilicas; Popes; Domes
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    William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Basilica of St. Peter, Rome.
  • William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838
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  • Colosseum to the foot of Capitoline Hill, Rome
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    Antiquities; Fountains; Monuments & memorials; Roman temples; Amphitheaters
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    A panoramic watercolor sketch of the Roman ruins from the Colosseum to the foot of Capitoline Hill. Strickland gives details concerning the ruins, along with measurements and details concerning each.
  • William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838
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  • David Vann
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Book illustrations
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    A half-length color portrait of David Vann, a Cherokee chief. The chief is dark-skinned, with curly hair. He is wearing a beaded sash.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Description of the Basilica of St. Peter
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    Monuments & Memorials; Basilicas; Popes; Domes; Latin cross-plan buildings; Plazas
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    William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Basilica of St. Peter, Rome. Strickland gives handwritten descriptions and dimensions of the building porticoes. He describes the dome as being "decidedly ugly."
  • William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838
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  • Design sketch of the campus of the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb
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    Architectural drawings; Buildings; Schools; Dormitories; Rivers
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    A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb. Island Home. Knoxville, Tenn." by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled: "Supt's Residence" in the bottom left, "Little...
  • Tennessee School for the Deaf
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  • Design sketch of the campus of the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb.
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    Architectural drawings; Buildings; Schools; Dormitories; Rivers
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    A design drawing of the landscape and buildings of the "Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb" by Marr & Holman and Barber & McMurry. Sections of the image are labeled, "Superintendent's residence" in the bottom left, "Dormitory for little boys"...
  • Tennessee School for the Deaf
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  • Drawing of men loading a wagon by Francis Mohrhardt
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    Drawings; Soldiers
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    Pencil drawing of four men, from Civil War era, loading a wagon near tents.
  • Civil War Visual Culture
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  • Grant, our great commander
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    Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Battlefields; Campaigns & battles; Historic sites; Surrenders; Victories; Military leadership; Military officers; Generals; Sheet music covers
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    A portrait of Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant appears at the center of the engraved cover, surrounded by Civil War-related line drawings entitled "Donelson," "Vicksburg," "Lee's Surrender," and "White House Wash'n."
  • Rose Music Collection
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  • Handbook for U. S. forces in Vietnam: page 42 - drawings of spike traps
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    Booby traps; Diagrams
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    The illustration on page 42 is identified as Figure 25. It features line drawings of a spike trap pit and a spike trap box. Dimensions and features are labeled. This may be a variation of the ditch with punji stakes shown on page 27 of the...
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Invitation to the Quilts of Tennessee Exhibit at the Hunter Museum of Art
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    Quilts; Art exhibitions; Invitations
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    Invitation to the Quilts of Tennessee Exhibit at the Hunter Museum of Art features a yellow quilt on the cover and accompanying text.
  • Quilts
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  • John Ross
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    A half-length portrait, facing right, wearing a stylish suit and war paint. He is shown seated at a desk with letters on the desktop, to indicate the literacy of the Cherokee.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Ledagie
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    A half-length portrait, facing right, wearing a plumed hat.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Letter from J. Wes Broom to Miss G. A. Brigham featuring drawings
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    Soldiers; Ships; Flags
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    Letter from J. Wes Broom to Miss G.A. Brigham describing the fighting around Port Hudson. It describes a night battle with Federal ships and the effectiveness of the Confederate batteries positioned in the fort. There are also comments on...
  • Civil War Visual Culture
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  • Oche Finceco
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    Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
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    Color lithograph image, with very wide margins on large folio. Detailed rendering of a Native American with black hair, dark brown skin, ruffled white collar,; and blue tunic with red fringes.
  • Nineteenth Century Native American Prints
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  • Pantheon of Agrippa
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    Roman temples; Religious facilities; Antiquities; Monuments & memorials; Domes; Rotundas
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    William Strickland's watercolor drawing of the Pantheon of Agrippa. The view shows the front entrance of the building (porch).
  • William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838
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  • Proposed designs for gates and stone fence at Chattanooga Cemetery
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    Cemeteries; Stone walls; Gates
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    Three separate ink design drawings contained on one piece of coated fabric that relay sectioning, framing, and elevation in depicting proposed gates and stone fencing for the Chattanooga Cemetery. Scale is 1/2 inch to 1 foot.
  • Civil War Visual Culture
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  • Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator, Rome
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    Antiquities; Roman temples; Archaeological sites
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    Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Temple of Jupiter Stator. The sketch includes the ruins of the temple as well as the remains of archaeological excavations. The ruins are surrounded by Medieval buildings. A goat enters the excavation area.
  • William Strickland Sketchbook, 1838

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