Fine Arts
Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Frances L. Van Hevelingen
Oral history interview with Frances L. Van Hevelingen conducted by Charles Digregorio on April 20, 1978. Van Hevelingen was a painter in Oregon.
View of Astoria
Engraving from an unidentified newspaper depicting a panoramic view of Astoria, Oregon.
Vue de la Slabode Kiachta
Lithograph of the Russian town of Kiakhta, on the Chinese border. From 1689 (the Treaty of Nertchinsk) to 1860 (the Treaty of Peking) Kiachta was the main hub of trade between Russia and China.
Vue des etablissements de Schelikoff dans L'Ile de Kadiak
Engravings probably taken from a French edition or editions of "An account of a geographical and astronomical expedition to the northern parts of Russia" by Martin Sauer. The engravings depict a Russian outpost on Kodiak Island, Alaska; a mountain peak; and Atka Island in the Aleutians.
Vue du port des Français, sur la côte du N. O. de l'Amérique: Voyage de La Pérouse, autour du monde
Lithograph depicting a scene from the Northwest coast of America on the voyages of Jean François de Galaup, Count of La Pérouse.
Vue du port d'Okhotsk
Engraving taken from an unidentified book, showing the Russian town of Okhotsk, on the Pacific Coast, with people in boats in the foreground. Okhotsk was the first Russian settlement on the Pacific Coast, established as a military camp in 1643.
Vue d'un établissement des habitans du port des Français pour la saison de la pêche
Lithograph of a temporary settlement in Lituya Bay, Alaska, used for the fishing season, circa 1750-1799. Plate 21 from "Atlas du Voyage de la Pérouse," a book about the travels of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse.
Sir Henry James Warre collection
Collection consists of two green and black lithographs, "Mount Baker and Cape Disappointment" and "The Rocky Mountains from the Columbia River looking NW," and one hand-colored lithograph, "Falls of the Kamanis Taquoih River."
The Washington Arch
Print of an ink sketch of the Washington Arch in New York, New York, signed by Edward C. Caswell in pencil.
John Webber engravings from Cook's Voyages
Collection of engravings originally painted by John Webber, circa 1770-1793, for Cook's Voyages, and made by various engravers. The engravings depict Alaska Native people; the Chukchi people of Russia; towns, dwellings, and people in the Kamchatka area of Russia; and Native people of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).