Scrapbook of sketches and drawings, most unsigned. Disbound. Pencil, pen-and-ink and watercolor

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Title: Scrapbook of sketches and drawings, most unsigned. Disbound. Pencil, pen-and-ink and watercolor
Alternative Title: [Who is like God?]
Quis ut Deus
Creator: Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853
Published / Created: 1701
Extent: 1 l. : color illustration ; approximately 18.8 x 14.2 cm.
Language: English
Latin

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS S-2395
Collection Title: Edward Meyer Kern and Richard H. Kern papers
Collection/Other Creator: 160013
Collection Date: 1850-1860
Collection Note: The papers contain journals, notebooks, drawings and maps, documents and correspondence which document the activities of Edward and Richard Kern in the West and the Pacific from 1845-1860. A journal and a notebook document Edward Kern's participation in Fremont's third expedition to California; and a journal, a logbook, drawings, two maps and a letter document Edward's participation in the Northern Pacific Exploring Expedition in 1853-1856. A scrapbook of unsigned preliminary sketches and drawings by either Edward or Richard Kern document the time spent by both in New Mexico, and feature drawings of New Mexico, Mexico, and Arizona. Five notebooks attributed to Richard contain similar preliminary sketches and drawings. The correspondence includes a letter from brother-in-law William B. Wolfe who describes Richard's death in the Gunnison Massacre in 1853.
Container / Volume: Box 3 | Folder 50

Format: still image
Genre: drawings (AAT)
Hand coloring
illustrations (AAT)
sketches (AAT)
Watercolors (Paintings)
Subject (Geographic): West (U.S.)--Description and travel--Pictorial works
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic): Zuni Indians--Religion

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