Fine Arts
Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:
Engravings from the Illustrated London News
Collection consists of engravings excised from 1852 and 1866 issues of the Illustrated London News. The engravings depict gold miners working on the American River in California; a train crossing a trestle in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon; and a hunter in the forest, looking toward Mt. St. Helens in the distance.
Engravings from Troisième Voyage de Cook
Collection consists of four engravings from taken from "Troisième Voyage de Cook," a 1785 French edition of James Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean." The engravings are by Robert Bénard from drawings by John Webber and depict Native people of Unalaska, as well as canoes and headwear.
Engravings from Voyage en Sibérie
Collection consists of seven engravings depicting scenes of people, activities, and places in the Kamchatka area of Russia, on the Pacific Coast. The engravings are from the second volume of Jean-Baptiste Chappe d’Auteroche's "Voyage en Sibérie," published in Paris, France, in 1768, which included a translation of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov's "Opisanie zemli Kamchatki" (Description of the land of Kamchatka), 1755. Titles and captions are in French.
Bernard M. Eubanks collection
Bernard Eubanks (born 1895) was a pencil artist and humorist. Collection includes a series of photogravures of old Oregon buildings, most now demolished, with attached information sheets.
Ray Eyerly engraving and lithograph
Collection consists of a lithograph of a rail fence and an engraving depicting a Navajo Indian. Ray Eyerly (1894-1980) moved to Salem, Oregon in 1919 and was co-founder of the Realistic Artists Guild. He became a full-time artist after moving to Sisters, Oregon, in 1962, and he was honored in a resolution by the Oregon State Legislature in 1971.
First house in Portland, Or.
Pen and ink sketch by William L. Higgins of the first house built in Portland, Oregon. Note in collection states that the house belonged to William Johnson and was built in 1842.
First Methodist Church in Portland
Pencil and watercolor sketch of the first Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon. Note in collection states that the church was erected by James H. Wilbur in 1849-1850 and suggests that the artist may have been A. R. Stringer.
Fort Vancouver
Engraving of an aerial view of Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, by Richard Covington.
Fort Vancouver etching
Oval silverpoint etching of Fort Vancouver by John W. Hopkins.
Martha Strong Gebhart sketchbook
Sketchbook with watercolors and pencil sketches of Oregon, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Hood, Michigan, and other places Martha Strong Gebhart traveled.