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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Charge of Major Grier's First United States Dragoons

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5300
Abstract

Print depicting a battle at Medical Lake, Washington, on September 1, 1858, where Major William N. Grier led a charge of dragoons during the Indian Wars.

Dates: circa 1858-1950

Louis Choris collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5032
Abstract

Collection includes hand-colored lithographs of glaciers in Kotzebue, Alaska, and the Chukchi people in Kamchatka, Russia.

Dates: circa 1800-1828

Oral history interview with Tito Chowdhury

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12343
Abstract

Oral history interview with Tito Chowdhury, conducted by Sankar Raman and Lisa Cohn on March 12 and March 23, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Chowdhury discusses his early life in Bangladesh, including his family's experiences during the 1947 partition of India and the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence, and talks about his involvement with FashioNXT, a fashion event in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 2020 March 12-23

Phimister P. Church photographic collection on A. Phimister Proctor

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Identifier: Org. Lot 487
Abstract

Nine black and white photographs of A. Phimister Proctor with several of his sculptures now located around Oregon, including the "Rough Rider" statue of Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, the "Pioneer" statue in Eugene, "The Circuit Rider" statue in Salem, and others.

Dates: circa 1885-1950

Portrait of Henry Winslow Corbett

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Identifier: Mss 5367
Abstract

Lithographed portrait of Henry Winslow Corbett.

Dates: circa 1850-1903

Engraving from George Henry Mason's "The Costume of China"

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Identifier: Mss 5355
Abstract

Hand-colored engraving from "The Costume of China" by George Henry Mason. In Mason's book, the engraving is Plate I, and is titled "A Mandarin of Distinction in his Habit of Ceremony."

Dates: 1799 May 4

Crater Lake, Jackson County

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Identifier: Mss 5391
Abstract

Black and white lithograph depicting Crater Lake in Oregon. The lithograph was excised from the 1884 book "History of Southern Oregon: Comprising Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Curry and Coos Counties," published by A. G. Walling.

Dates: 1884

Portrait of Col. George B. Currey

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Identifier: Mss 5333
Abstract

Pen and ink portrait of Colonel George B. Currey.

Dates: circa 1855-1906

Homer Davenport collection

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Identifier: Mss 5143
Abstract

Cartoons and sketches of contemporary persons and events by Homer Davenport (1867-1912), a political cartoonist from Oregon known for his satirical drawings and support of Progressive-era politics.

Dates: circa 1891-1907

William H. Dierdorff collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5281
Abstract

Collection includes a manuscript letter written from English Camp, Cultus Lake, Idaho, with ink and color pencil sketches entitled "Pend d'Oreille Country"; an ink and watercolor sketch of Weeksville, Montana; a sketchbook with pencil and ink Pacific Northwest scenes; and an autograph book containing pencil and ink sketch of Tillamook Bay, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1880-1894