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Frank B. Mayer sketchbook 41

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Title Frank B. Mayer sketchbook 41

Creator Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899

Publisher Newberry Library

Date 1851

Place Minnesota--Lake Calhoun, Minnesota--Mendota, Minnesota--Traverse, United States

Subjects Canoes and canoeing, Ceremonial objects, Clothing and dress, Dakota Indians, Dwellings, Frank B. Mayer collection of sketchbooks, drawings, and oil paintings, Horses, Indians of North America, Minnesota--Fort Snelling, Minnesota--Lake Calhoun, Minnesota--Mendota, Minnesota--Traverse, Pencil drawings, Powwows, Sioux Nation, Sisseton Indians, Sketchbooks, Tipis, United States

Description Two of six sketchbooks Sketchbooks documenting Mayer's 1851 western journey. The six sketchbooks executed during his travels contain mainly pencil drawings. In the first book (#40) are sketches of the Missouri frontier, the Mississippi, St. Paul, and Kaposia. The next four books (#41-44) contain sketches made at Fort Snelling, Traverse des Sioux, and Mendota. The final book (#45) includes a few Minnesota sketches and a great many of Mayer's return trip via Niagara Falls, Albany, and the Hudson River. Included in the sketchbooks are portraits of missionaries (T.S. Williamson), Indians (Winona, Little Crow, etc.), soldiers, French voyageurs, half-breeds, and U.S. treaty officials. There are also many camp scenes (Indian ball-players, weddings, burials, dances, etc.) and renderings of Indian dress and equipment.

Extent Pencil drawings on paper |18 x 10.5 cm

Format Pencil drawings, Sketchbooks

Call Number VAULT oversize Ayer Art Mayer Sketchbook 41

Projects Tag Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection, Great Lakes Digital Collection (Newberry Library)

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2490px × 4182px 29.80 MB

File Created 07/31/2012

Filename NL000158.tif

Unique Identifier NL11X3X3