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Fine Arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

The Indian fisher

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5057
Abstract

Engraving, taken from an unidentified book, depicting Native people in canoes and other types of boats in an unidentified body of water.

Dates: circa 1700-1799

The inside of a house in Oonalashka

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5048
Abstract

Three engravings in various sizes, made from the same drawing by John Webber, artist for the third voyage of James Cook. The image, titled "The Inside of a Home in Oonalashka," depicts Native adults and children at various activities inside a dwelling with a thatched roof in Unalaska.

Dates: circa 1785

Interieur de la cabane habitée par Pierre-le-Grande a Zaandam en 1697

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5039
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph of Peter the Great, Russian czar, in his summer home in Zaandam, The Netherlands, in 1697.

Dates: circa 1808-1854

Irish Setter collection of posters and other materials relating to art exhibitions and galleries

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1013
Abstract

Posters, ephemera, and a photography book relating to art exhibitions and galleries. The materials were compiled by Irish Setter, a typesetting business in Portland, Oregon. The bulk of the collection consists of posters for exhibitions in the late 1970s and 1980s at Blue Sky Gallery and Blackfish Gallery in Portland.

Dates: 1977-1989

Island City views

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5374
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph by D. H. Stearns with 9 views on 1 sheet of Island City, Oregon. On the reverse is a hand-colored lithograph, also by Stearns, entitled "The Gateway of the Blue Mountains. F. A. Foster's Headquarters on the Meacham Road."

Dates: circa 1885

Oral history interview with Manuel Izquierdo

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9528
Abstract

Oral history interview with Manuel Izquierdo conducted by Charles Digregorio on July 21, 1978. Izquierdo discusses his career as a sculptor in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1978 July 21

Kamchadald: Dessiné d'après les originaux et les costumes de la Société Géographique Impériale de Russie

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5052
Abstract

Color lithograph depicting a man of Kamchatka, modeled after the original costumes held in the Imperial Geographic Society of Russia. Titles in French.

Dates: circa 1750-1850

Paul Keller collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5301
Abstract

The Paul Keller collection includes 11 of the 22 "Old Oregon Vignettes" lithographs produced by Meier and Frank in 1959 after originals drawn by Keller in the 1930s; an ink and crayon sketch of the Patton house in Portland, Oregon; a pen and ink sketch of Portland Mayor Robert Earl Riley; and pen and ink sketches for use in the publication Stars of Oregon, 1943, primarily depicting ships.

Dates: circa 1935-1959

W. L. Everett Knowles sketches

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5296
Abstract

Pencil sketches of woods and the Willamette River around Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1910-1917

Karl F. Koch charcoal drawing of a train car

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 923
Abstract

Charcoal drawing of a train car on blocks by Karl F. Koch (1888-1975). Koch was an artist who worked as art department director for the Portland, Oregon branch of the Foster and Kleiser Company.

Dates: 1966