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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 162 Collections and/or Records:

Vue des etablissements de Schelikoff dans L'Ile de Kadiak

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5053
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1802

Vue du port des Français, sur la côte du N. O. de l'Amérique: Voyage de La Pérouse, autour du monde

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5289
Abstract

Lithograph depicting a scene from the Northwest coast of America on the voyages of Jean François de Galaup, Count of La Pérouse.

Dates: approximately 1821-1840

Vue du port d'Okhotsk

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5021
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1700-1799

Vue d'un établissement des habitans du port des Français pour la saison de la pêche

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5025
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1750-1799

Sir Henry James Warre collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5044
Abstract

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."

Dates: circa 1840-1898

The Washington Arch

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5297
Abstract

Print of an ink sketch of the Washington Arch in New York, New York, signed by Edward C. Caswell in pencil.

Dates: 1933

John Webber engravings from Cook's Voyages

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5041
Abstract

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).

Dates: circa 1770-1793

Western slope of main ridge of Cascade Mountains from near Camp M

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5311
Abstract

Color lithograph of the Cascade Mountains done for the U. S. Pacific Railroad Exploration and Survey Report.

Dates: 1855

Oral history interview with Milton W. Wilson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9330
Abstract

Oral history interview with Milton W. Wilson conducted by Charles Digregorio on May 25, 1978. Wilson was an artist in Portland, Oregon, and in San Francisco, California.

Dates: 1978 May 25

Portrait of James McIntosh Wood

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5329
Abstract

Crayon portrait of James McIntosh Wood by Karl Einar Erickson.

Dates: 1934 January 24