F. O. C. Darley Collection

(GC007)

Listing
by
Vicki Principi

Graphic Arts Collection
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University Library
2004

Darley drawing of a boy on a pony with two girls (1841) [click on to enlarge]

Consists of Darley drawings in pencil, pen-and-ink, and wash, most of which are sketches for unidentified books and magazines, though there are some illustrations for published books by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Lawrence Lovechild, and Charles Dickens. There are 14 pieces of juvenilia: the earliest is a scribble done when he was six years old; a year later, his drawing of a teddy bear already shows artistic precociousness. Included are some drawings for banknotes, which are distinguished by the rural character of such vignettes as one in the collection entitled "Bull at the haystack." His lighter vein is exemplified by such drawings as his gentle jab at the world adulation of the dancer Fanny Elssler (1810-1884) and his sketch of an armored fisherman after the style of John Flaxman. In contrast are three somber and realistic Civil War drawings.

Box 1 contents [Washes, steel engravings, bank note, etching, proofs]:
Bank note design [Farmer with pigs and horses]; pencil; no date
Barnaby Rudge; pen; no date
Beggar women with children; wash; ca. 1840
Boy on pony and two girls; wash; 1841
Brigands; ink wash; no date
Chilion played and they were silent; pen over pencil; no date
Escape of a citizen of Danbury, Crossing the drowned lands, and Patriots hastening to the Battle of Concord; three wood engravings; no date
Fanny Elssler; wash; 1840-1842
The monkeys; engraving; no date
Untitled [A battle in the mountains]; wash; no date
Untitled [British soldiers scaling a cliff]; wash; no date
Untitled [Captain Smith rescued by Pocahontas]; wood engraving; no date
Untitled [Darley's first and only etching]; etching; no date
Untitled [Elderly man and a youth watching the sun set over the sea]; wash; no date
Untitled [Elderly woman with a basket of apples]; wash; no date
Untitled [Girl reading and two elderly women spinning and knitting]; wash; no date
Untitled [Man wielding ax and woman holding shield]; wash; no date
Untitled [Man with a wheelbarrow]; wash; no date
Untitled [Melancholy woman; two sketches]; wash; no date
Untitled [Native American and sailor looking out to sea]; wash; no date
Untitled [Native American on horseback hunting buffalo]; wash; no date
Untitled [Native American with Caucasian who is wearing Native American attire]; wash; no date
Untitled [Peasants resting by picket fence]; wash; no date
Untitled [Scene from The Pickwick Club: man and woman working at fireplace]; wash; no date
Untitled [Scene from The Pickwick Club: seated man holding umbrella]; wash; no date
Untitled [Three soldiers with a family and dog]; wash; no date

Box 2 contents [Pencil drawings]:
A monk; A milkmaid; pencil; no date
First blow for liberty - A large engraving; pencil; no date
Foraging in Winter; pencil; no date
Remove the stone underneath the woman; pencil; no date
Stiggins; pencil; no date
The wounded drummer boy; pencil; no date
Tony Weller; pencil; no date
Untitled [Four men sitting at two tables, woman standing near center]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Man at dinner table and weeping boy]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Man walking with barefoot boy and dog]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Soldier supporting wounded man]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Soldier taking leave of family at a gate]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Three drinkers seated at table]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Traveler at an inn]; pencil; no date

Box 3 contents [Ink drawings, juvenilia, scrapbooks - matted items]:
People at a banquet; pen; no date
Untitled [A young man and an elderly woman]; pen; no date
Untitled [Butcher with woman and child]; pen; no date
Untitled [Coachman, man smoking cigar, and dog]; pen; no date
Untitled [Five family members and dog in cabin]; pen and pencil; no date
Untitled [Two drawings done while a shipping clerk]; pen; ca. 1840
Untitled [Two drawings of cabin interiors]; pen, one with added wash and watercolor; no date

Box 3 contents [Ink drawings, juvenilia, scrapbooks - in drawings portfolio]:
Longfellow's Evangeline; pencil; no date
Ourang Otang while sleeping in his master's lap; gouache; 1837
The spoiled child [Darley juvenilia]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Darley juvenelia; soldiers on a battlefield]; pencil with some watercolor; no date
Untitled [Darley juvenia; horse pulling a cart, hen in background]; pencil; 1828
Untitled [Darley juvenilia; sketch of a horse]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Darley juvenilia; sketch on verso of menu]; charcoal and pencil; no date
Untitled [Man's head, pipe in his mouth]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Soldier's bust and head of a woman]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Two fishermen walking]; charcoal drawing; no date
Untitled [Two graves and church between trees in background]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Two Native Americans and woman holding baby]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Two peasants resting on a fence; a woman; two children playing with a dog]; charcoal and pencil; no date
Untitled [Two peasants resting; one sitting, one standing next to horse]; pencil; no date
Untitled [Woman standing in a doorway and man resting in hay]; pencil; no date

Box 3 contents [Ink drawings, juvenilia, scrapbooks - in green portfolio]:
This is my own composition. It is intended for a man a fishing [Roman soldier fishing]; pen and pencil; no date

Box 3 contents [Ink drawings, juvenilia, scrapbooks - in scrapbook portfolio]:
Item number 1: Untitled [Seated man with white mustache, writing or painting item on his lap]; pen and ink wash; no date
Item number 2: Untitled [Signature: 'F.O.C. Darley - fecit']; pen and ink; no date
Item number 2: Untitled [Landscape with three horses]; pen and ink wash; no date
Item number 3: Untitled [Dog's head]; wash, pen and ink; no date
Item number 4: Untitled [Three male heads and two dogs]; pen and ink; no date
Item number 5: On a bill of lading [Young boy with crutch]; pencil; no date
Item number 6: Untitled [Horses eating from two-wheeled cart]; pencil; no date
Item number 7: Untitled [Peasant carrying staff, wearing large hat and short cape, thatch hut in background]; pencil; no date
Item number 8: Untitled [Dog barking in front of closed door]; pen and ink wash; 1840
Item number 9: Untitled [Dog]; watercolor; no date
Item number 10:Untitled [Young boy resting on the grass]; pencil; no date
Item number 11: Untitled [Dog]; pencil; no date
Item number 12: Untitled [Darley juvenilia; sketch of half a horse]; pencil; no date
Item number 12: Untitled [Darley juvenilia; two elephants]; pencil; no date
Item number 13: Untitled [Eagle flying over industrial scene]; pen and ink wash; no date
Item number 14: Untitled [Team of oxen pulling boat on cart]; pencil; no date
Item number 15: O deer O luck behinde me [Darley juvenilia]; pencil; no date
Item number 16: Untitled [Elderly woman talking with two children]; pen and ink; no date
Item number 17: Untitled [Native American on horse, holding girl with tied hands]; pen and ink wash; no date
Item number 18: Untitled [Street musician surrounded by children]; pen and ink; no date

B-floor, map drawer Q12
First blow for liberty; steel engraving plate; no date

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