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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Joelle Smith portraits of Oregon pioneers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5058
Abstract

Ink portraits of famous Oregon pioneers, including George Abernathy, Jonathan Bourne, Robert Gray, Joseph Lane, John McLoughlin, Joe Meek, Peter Skene Ogden, Oswald West, John Whiteaker, Narcissa Whitman, W. S. U'Ren and Jason Lee, and Oregon pioneer archetypes, such as a trapper and farmer.

Dates: 1976

Margery Hoffman Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2660
Abstract Margery Hoffman Smith (born 1888) was a leading supporter of the arts, both in Portland, Oregon, and later in San Francisco. In the 1930s, Smith worked with the Works Progress Administration, supervising the handcraft work carried out for Timberline Lodge. Collection includes correspondence and diaries of Julia Hoffman, 1891-1934; correspondence of Margery Hoffman Smith, 1896-1981; papers related to Smith's professional and philanthropic activities; financial records; inventories and...
Dates: 1885-1986

Gustavus Sohon collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5346
Abstract

Gustavus Sohon (1825-1903), a German immigrant, was employed by the U.S. government between 1852 and 1863 as an illustrator and cartographer of explorations of the Rockies and Pacific Northwest. Collection consists of eight tinted lithographs of scenes of the Midwest, primarily Montana, done for the U.S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report, 1854-1855.

Dates: 1854-1855

John Mix Stanley collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5302
Abstract

Collection includes 31 tinted lithographs depicting scenes of the Pacific Northwest done for the U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report. Scenes include the Columbia River, waterfalls, Nimiipuu (Nez Percé) people, the Palouse River, Hudson's Bay Company, the Cascades, Mount Rainier, lakes, and missions.

Dates: 1855

Lithograph of the steamboat Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5056
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph depicting the sidewheel steamboat Oregon, and including various measurements, including the length of the steamer's deck, the depth of its hold, and the diameter of its wheels.

Dates: circa 1845-1857

Mack Sutter woodcarving design papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1028
Abstract

Papers relating to the woodcarving designs of Harvey "Mack" Sutter (1906-1997), primarily design drawings and photographs of carvings, but also clippings and copies of instructional books about floral relief carving that he published. Sutter lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1958 until his death, and in his retirement carved floral reliefs and taught woodcarving.

Dates: circa 1955-2022; Majority of material found within 1971-1993; 2022

The Tall Ships Columbia and Lady Washington

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5347
Abstract

Color print of the ships Columbia Rediviva and Lady Washington by Ray Wallace, an architect from Aberdeen, Washington, who designed replicas of the Columbia Rediviva and the Lady Washington, built at Grays Harbor, Washington.

Dates: circa 1957-1986

Tanker built by Swan Island war-workers shown in a South Seas port

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5364
Abstract

Color lithograph depicting the S. S. Swan Island in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Dates: 1943

Watercolor of the Thames River

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5317
Abstract

Watercolor painting of the Thames River and Greenwich Pier by Sir Charles Edward Madden, an officer in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom who had a lifelong interest in painting.

Dates: 1978

David Thompson sketches of mountains in the Pacific Northwest

 Collection
Identifier: Mss5012
Abstract

Three pen and watercolor sketches by the English explorer, trader, and geographer David Thompson (1770-1857), depicting: "Mountains South of Saleesh of Flathead Lake, Montana," "Rocky Mountains, East of the head of the Columbia River, B.C.," and "Nelson Mountains, West of the head of the Columbia River, B.C."

Dates: circa 1800-1857