A portrait of the English poet Alexander Pope by Jonathan Richardson the Elder, with Pope portrayed seated and supporting an open book with his proper left hand. The painting is oil on canvas, inscribed "POPE" at the lower left corner.
Alternative Title:
Alexander Pope resting on an open book and Alexander Pope, full-length, seated, his left hand resting on
an open book
Description:
Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet., Gift of Joan Pittman Schnabel Rea, 1964., Jonathan Richardson (1665-1745), English artist., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744 and Richardson, Jonathan,--1665-1745
Subject (Topic):
Artists--Great Britain and Authors, English--18th century--Portraits
A portrait of the rare books collector and Sterling Professor at Yale Chauncey Brewster Tinker by Deane Keller and Theodore Sizer. The painting is oil on canvas, and is signed at the lower left: "Deane / Keller + / Theodore / Sizer / 1959." The portrait is labeled "Chauncey Brewster Tinker" above, and Tinker is also identified as "Keeper of / Rare / Books" at right. A plaque attached to the frame reads: "Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1876 - 1963, B.A. 1899, M.A. 1901, Ph.D. 1902, Litt.D. 1946 / Keeper of Rare Books, 1930-1963. / Painted in 1959 by Deane Keller / Gift of the Class of 1909."
Description:
Deane Keller (1901-1992), American artist, academic, soldier, and preservationist. He earned a BA from Yale University in 1923 and a BFA from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1926. Keller taught for forty years at the Yale School of Fine Arts, and during World War II was an officer with the Allied Forces's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963
Subject (Topic):
Book collectors --United States --20th century and Yale University--Faculty
Cheyenne warrior and son of Cheyenne chief Eagle Head. He was imprisoned from 1875 to 1878 at Fort Marion, Saint Augustine, Florida, with other "hostile" Plains Indians. Their jailer, Captain Richard H. Pratt, encouraged the artistic talent of the Indians
Alternative Title:
Howling Wolf, Sketchbook
Description:
The note, "Drawn by Howling Wolf (Cheyenne) Oct 1876 Fort Marion" is written in pencil inside the front cover in an unidentified hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting., Bison, Cheyenne art., Cheyenne Indians., Horses., Indian art., and Rites and ceremonies.
Drawings of Alaska, and Tatoosh Island, Washington
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Paintings & Drawings
Abstract:
Drawings by John A. Fuller that document Sitka and other locations in Alaska, 1867, as well as a drawing of a lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, Washington, 1866-1867. Images of Sitka, Alaska, include overviews of the city and landscape, as well as several structures that include St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, Sitka Lutheran Church, a hospital, a sawmill, and the residence of Colonel Jefferson Columbus Davis. Depictions of other places in Alaska include a fishing station fifteen miles south of Sitka and a Native American outpost on Wrangell Island.
Description:
John A. Fuller (1828-1909) was a miner, merchant, and politician, with mining and business interests in California and Alaska. He served as a postmaster and surveyor in Sitka from 1867 to circa 1870. He later became a city councilman and mayor of Napa, California. and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works. and Sitka (Alaska)--Pictorial works.
