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engravings (prints)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

The Armory of the First Regiment, State National Guard, at Portland

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5307
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1888

Astoria, Columbia River

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5304
Abstract

Engraving depicting Astoria and the Columbia River from art by Alfred T. Agate.

Dates: circa 1830-1846

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

Gaspard Duché de Vancy collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5137
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1797

Seth Eastman collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5305
Abstract

Collection includes 5 engravings depicting scenes of North American Native peoples and buffalo.

Dates: 1847

Engravings for Banke's new system of geography

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5036
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1788

Engravings from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5370
Abstract

Engravings, primarily depicting Oregon scenes and Native people, that were excised from issues of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper dating from 1878-1887.

Dates: 1878-1887

Engravings from Troisième Voyage de Cook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5026
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1785

Engravings from Voyage en Sibérie

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5024
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1768

Ray Eyerly engraving and lithograph

 Collection
Identifier: Mss5001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1956