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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

Phimister P. Church photographic collection on A. Phimister Proctor

 Collection
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

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5367
Abstract

Lithographed portrait of Henry Winslow Corbett.

Dates: circa 1850-1903

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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5333
Abstract

Pen and ink portrait of Colonel George B. Currey.

Dates: circa 1855-1906

Homer Davenport collection

 Collection
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

William H. Dierdorff sketches and biography

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 976
Abstract

Six ink and pencil sketches by William H. Dierdorff (1849-1903) with notations for hymns to perform at church services, and a brief biography of Dierdorff by his grandson. Dierdorff emigrated to Oregon in 1856, and after working as a civil engineer and draftsman, became a Presbyterian minister.

Dates: 1896-2020

Alfred Downing collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5344
Abstract

Collection includes an album, 1873-1879, belonging to Agnes Downing and filled with drawings by Alfred Downing, as well as clippings, photographs, and imprints of leaves and flowers that were once in the album. Also in the collection are a pen and ink sketch, "The filbert harvest at Bearfield Farm," 1866; and crayon over lithograph depicting Hawthorne Terrace, Portland Heights, Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1866-1900

Dr. E. K. Kane, Arctic explorer

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5336
Abstract

Pencil portrait of Elisha Kent Kane by Joseph Holt Templeton.

Dates: circa 1850-1908