engravings (prints)
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
The Armory of the First Regiment, State National Guard, at Portland
A portion of a page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, April 7, 1888, featuring an engraving depicting ranks of soldiers outside the Armory building in Portland, Oregon.
Astoria, Columbia River
Engraving depicting Astoria and the Columbia River from art by Alfred T. Agate.
Engraving from George Henry Mason's "The Costume of China"
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."
Gaspard Duché de Vancy collection
Collection includes two engravings from "Atlas du Voyage de la Pérouse," part of "Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde," a compilation of findings of the Jean-François de Galaup La Pérouse expedition. Titles are in French. The engravings are Plate No. 53, "Tombeaux de la baie de Castries," and Plate No. 54, "Costumes des habitans de la baie de Castries."
Seth Eastman collection
Collection includes 5 engravings depicting scenes of North American Native peoples and buffalo.
Engravings for Banke's new system of geography
Engravings made for Banke's New System of Geography, 1788, including: "Torreeoboo King of Owhyee, bringing presents for Capt'n Cook" and "The death of Capt'n Cook by the natives of Owhyee"; "The white bear found on the ice between the northern extremities of Asia and America" and "The Sea Otter found in Nootka Sound on the northwest coast of America"; "View of Karakakooa Bay in Owyhee, where Capt'n Cook was killed"; "View of Oonalashka and the inhabitants, etc."
Engravings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Engravings, primarily depicting Oregon scenes and Native people, that were excised from issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper dating from 1878-1887.
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.
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.