Fine Arts
Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:
Joelle Smith portraits of Oregon pioneers
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.
Margery Hoffman Smith papers
Gustavus Sohon collection
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.
John Mix Stanley collection
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.
Lithograph of the steamboat Oregon
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.
Mack Sutter woodcarving design papers
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.
The Tall Ships Columbia and Lady Washington
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.
Tanker built by Swan Island war-workers shown in a South Seas port
Color lithograph depicting the S. S. Swan Island in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Watercolor of the Thames River
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.
David Thompson sketches of mountains in the Pacific Northwest
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."