Elizabeth Willis DeHuff Collection of American Indian Art
Container / Volume:
Box 13 | Folder 154
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Paintings & Drawings
Description:
On verso: These are the whippers that whip the children when they are initiated into the Koko fraternity. When they have been whipped then they can dance in any dances. 1920
Subject (Topic):
Art, American and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
A volume containing 145 pattern drawings for tattoos, including images of men, women, serpents, dragons, mottoes, birds, butterflies, fish, and patriotic figures for the United States and Great Britain, circa 1915. Four of the drawings are on translucent paper that is mounted in the volume. The majority of the drawings are ink line drawings, while two drawings are colored with crayon and depict dragons, one in a flight with an eagle. The author of the volume may be C. B. Davis, a tattoo artist based in London, Great Britain.
Description:
Label pasted on interior of back cover, "Sketch Book, Series 26, Containing 30 leaves of Whatman's Drawing Paper.", Purchased from Charles B. Wood III, Inc., on the Jonathan O. Bulkley Fund, 2007., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Davis, C. B.
Subject (Topic):
Animals in art, Body art--Pictorial works, Emblems, Patriotism in art, Tattooing--Pictorial works, and Women in art
Descriptions of cats, manuscript, with drawings, briefly stating physical characteristics of breeds and referring to folklore associated with them. Accompanied by an English translation, typescript, prepared by an unidentified translator.
Description:
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1993., In Thai., and Volume consists of a continuous sheet, folded to form 16 pages.
Subject (Topic):
Cat breeds--Pictorial works, Cats--Thailand, and Cats--Thailand--Folklore
Captioned watercolor and pen and ink drawings of scenery and fellow visitors in Yellowstone National Park. A small watercolor and a quote regarding Yellowstone by Rudyard Kipling appear on the first page. The illustrated cover and nine drawings are bound together with ribbon. Accompanied by four photographs of Walter Reagles in separate folder.
Description:
Purchased from Margolis & Moss on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1992., Son of James Reagles, a member of the Snake River Division of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories in the 1870s. In 1904, Walter accompanied his father on a return trip to Yellowstone and documented his visit with watercolor and pen and ink drawings. He later became a professional illustrator and was a member of the Art Directors Club of New York., and Versos blank, not digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming--Pictorial works. and Yellowstone National Park--Pictorial works.