Christina of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany
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1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
Christina of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany
Description:
1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
A coat of arms divided by a speckled saltire; with a winged spur in the top quadrant, and a fleur-de-lis in the remaining three. At the center of the saltire is a trefoil. At the helm, backed by leafing, is a knight's helmet; at the crest, atop a torse, is a boar with a small shield featuring a fourth fleur-de-lis. Below is the motto I Hope.
Photograph album created by Sumner Matteson from a selection of his photographs of the Southwest, Montana, and Colorado. The photographs, which are captioned in a typed list that accompanies the album, date from 1899 to 1902, and depict a variety of places and events. The majority of the photographs are of the Hopi Indians, their Snake, Antelope, and Flute ceremonies, kiva interiors, as well as weaving, grinding corn, courting, working in fields, making pottery, and marketing at the Moenkopi, Mishongnovi, Shipolovi and Shongopovi Pueblos. There are also photographs of cliff-dwellings at Mesa Verde and Mancos Canyon, Colorado; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; Pueblo Indians at Isleta and Acoma, New Mexico; Navajo and Ute Indians in New Mexico and Colorado; Penitentes in Abiquiu, New Mexico; and views of wagon trains, Indian encampments, mines, and sheepherding in Montana.
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157 of the photographs are platinum prints., Accompanied by a contemporary typescript containing captions and often explanatory background for almost all of the photographs in the album. Typescript titled "Index to the Frank Klepetko Album. Photos and Data by Sumner W. Matteson" and signed "Sumner W. Matteson, D.A.C. [Denver Athletic Club] Denver, Colo. Jan. 1903.", Album and copy prints in 2 boxes., Captions for digitized photographs taken from original typescript., Individual photographs are 12 x 17 cm. and smaller., Purchased from Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1996., and Sumner Matteson, a bicycle salesman in Denver who became a photographer, traveled around the West between 1899 and 1903, photographing the Mesa Verde and Pueblo Bonito cliff-dwellings, Navajo Indians, Penitentes in New Mexico, Hopi Snake and Flute ceremonies in Arizona, the Pueblo villages of Acoma and Isleta, Montana wagon trains, and cattle and sheep roundups. He sold his own photographs, wrote articles and provided illustrations for popular magazines, and provided photographs for several books on Southwestern Indians written by others.
Subject (Geographic):
Abiquiu (N.M.)--Pictorial works., Acoma (N.M.)--Pictorial works., Arizona--Pictorial works., Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Colorado--Pictorial works., Isleta (N.M.)--Pictorial works., Mancos Site (Colo.), Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--Pictorial works., Moenkopi Pueblo (Ariz.), Montana--Pictorial works., New Mexico--Religious life and customs--Pictorial works., and West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Hermanos Penitentes--Pictorial works., Klepetko, Frank., and Matteson, Sumner W.,--1867-1920.
Subject (Topic):
Cliff-dwellings--Pictorial works., Hopi Indians--Rites and ceremonies--Pictorial works., Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Pictorial works., Kivas--Southwest, New--Pictorial works., Mines and mineral resources--Montana--Pictorial works., Navajo Indians--Pictorial works., Pueblo Indians--Pictorial works., Sheep ranches--Montana--Pictorial works., Snake dance--Pictorial works., Ute Indians--Pictorial works., and Wool industry--Montana--Pictorial works.
The title text is surrounded by a simple border consisting of two lines of different widths. Beneath the title text is a line in which to mark a number.