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Indians in art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

[C.H.S. watercolor drawings of Indians of North, South, and Central America, the West Indies, and Mexico, copied from various sources]

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Oversize-Ayer-Art C.H.S.
Abstract Watercolor drawings of Indians of North, South, and Central America, the West Indies, and Mexico, with a particular focus on American Indian cultural practices and the Aztec civilization. "C.H.S" appropriated the subject matter and composition for many of his watercolor drawings from various mid-nineteenth century sources, from inexpensive periodicals to richly illustrated editions. Quite possibly a resident of Great Britain due to his predilection for images culled from British...
Dates: approximately 1843-1850

[Monroe Frederick Paintings and Drawings]

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-oversize-Ayer-Art.Frederick
Abstract

Three oil on canvas paintings and twelve watercolor drawings on paper of various sizes housed in one green portfolio and two red clamshell boxes. Paintings and drawings are attributed to Monroe Quamahongiva Frederick, a Hopi artist. Tribes depicted include the Navajo, Crow, and Hopi. Subjects of paintings include American Indian portraits, pueblos, the southwest, dress, and copies of work by E. Irving Crouse and Elbridge Ayer Burbank.

Dates: approximately 1910-1920

[Pettrich sketchbook]

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT-Oversize-Ayer-Art.Pettrich
Abstract

Thirty-five drawings in ink and wash on paper and one page of text from a formerly bound sketchbook of Ferdinand Friedrich Pettrich. The drawings feature portrait depictions of American Indians, including members of the Sac and Fox, Creek, Sioux, and Winnebago tribes.

Dates: approximately 1842

Photographic copies of Grace Carpenter Hudson's paintings of Pomo Indians

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-box-102-104
Abstract

Black and white gelatin photographic prints (ca. 1920-1937), captioned with numbers and mounted on sheets of cardboard, of Grace Carpenter Hudson's paintings of Pomo Indians.,Included are portraits and scenes, primarily of children, but also of adults. The children are often depicted with dogs or other animals.

Dates: approximately 1920-approximately 1937