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engravings (prints)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Fort Vancouver

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5385
Abstract

Engraving of an aerial view of Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, by Richard Covington.

Dates: 1855

Robert Swain Gifford illustrations from Picturesque America

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5310
Abstract

Ten engravings, some hand colored, by Robert Swain Gifford, excised from Volume 1 of "Picturesque America: Or, the Land We Live In" edited by William Cullen Bryant, 1872. The engravings depict Native people and landscape features along the Columbia River, primarily in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: 1872

The Great Fire at Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5308
Abstract

Part of a page from the October 18, 1873, issue of the periodical The Graphic, featuring an engraving that depicts the aftermath of the fire in Portland that destroyed 19 city blocks between the Willamette River, SW Second Ave., Morrison and Clay streets on August 2, 1873.

Dates: 1873

Habitation d'été et d'hiver du Kamtchatka

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5046
Abstract

Matted engraving by Robert Bénard depicting people outside summer and winter dwellings on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Dates: 1785

Alexander Hogg engravings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5034
Abstract

Collection of engravings, most created for Anderson's Large Folio Edition of Cap't Cook's Voyages.

Dates: circa 1778-1819

Honolulu as seen from the foot of Puawaina Punch-Bowl-Hill

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5045
Abstract

Linen-backed engraving depicting Honolulu as seen from the foot of Puawaina Punch-Bowl-Hill (Puowaina, Punch Bowl Crater), 1837, drawn by Edward Bailey and engraved by Samuel P. Kalama. Pasted in the upper left corner is a small inset engraving of the Female Seminary, Wailuku.

Dates: 1837

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

William F. McIlwraith collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5017
Abstract

Collection consists primarily of engravings from sketches by William F. McIlwraith of Oregon scenes, buildings, and ships, including: "Building the 'Star of Oregon,' " the old state Capitol building in Salem, the Forestry Building in Portland, the McLoughlin house in Oregon City, the Burnside Bridge in Portland, the Battleship Oregon, the steamboat T. J. Potter, and Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood (original pen and ink sketch).

Dates: circa 1932-1934

On the Willamette River

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5282
Abstract

Engraving of ships and boats on the Willamette River by Loren Roberta Barton.

Dates: circa 1910-1975