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Watercolor paintings and pencil sketches of Alaska
Author
Title
Watercolor paintings and pencil sketches of Alaska.
Published
1869 September-October.
Physical Description
5 boxes (48 paintings and 7 sketches) : watercolor and pencil ; 40.5 x 66.0 cm. and smaller.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Provenance
Purchased from an unknown source on the William Robertson Coe Fund and Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1958.
Biographical / Historical Note
Landscape painter Vincent Colyer (1825-1888), was an artist and United States government official. He created images of the American West, especially American Indian subjects, landscapes, and botanical specimens. In 1869 he visited Alaska on behalf of the Board of Indian Commissioners, which the United States Congress created in April 1869 to advise on the impact of federal policy on American Indians and to inspect supplies delivered to Indian agencies in fulfillment of treaty obligations. An executive order terminated the board in 1933.
Summary
Watercolor paintings and pencil sketches of Alaska created by Vincent Colyer in September-October 1869, which accompanied his report on Alaska native populations to the United States Board of Indian Commissioners. Images depict settlements, buildings, panoramic landscapes, native wood carvings, and portraits from his journey aboard the United States Steamer Newbern to Alaska.
Identified locations include Baranof Island, Chirikof Island, Kodiak Island, Revillagigedo Island, Saint Paul Island, Sanak Island, Unalaska Island, Unga Island, Unimak Island, and Wrangell Island, as well as the settlements of Belkofski, Ketchikan, Kodiak, and Sitka. Identified mountain landscapes include Mount Edgecumbe, Mount Shishaldin, Isanotski Peaks, and Roundtop.
Identified buildings include Tlingit Indian structures and other native residences and burial places, as well as buildings in Sitka that include Baranov Castle, St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, and warehouses of the Russian-American Company, in addition to the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church in Kodiak and the Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Unalaska.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Vincent Colyer, Watercolor Paintings and Pencil Sketches of Alaska. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Vincent Colyer, Watercolor Paintings and Pencil Sketches of Alaska. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Paintings.
Panoramas.
Sketches.
Watercolors (paintings)
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