James Swan, cha-tic of the Northwest Coast drawings and watercolors from the Franz & Kathryn Stenzel collection of western American art


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"In November 1852 James Swan moved to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington Territory. Fascinated by the Indian communities he encountered, Swan spent the remainder of his life studying their art, material culture, and history. The author of several books, he became the Smithsonian Institution's principal agent in the Northwest, collecting natural history and ethnographic objects from Gray's Harbor through the Alaskan panhandle

Author(s): George A. Miles, James G. Swan, Franz Stenzel, Kathryn M. Stenzel
Document: Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 1 ]
Edition: 1st Edition
Published: 2003
Physical Description: 160 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 x 32 cm
Genre: Exhibition catalogs
Contents:

Introduction: The Franz and Kathryn Stenzel Collection James Swan: Chà„-tic of the Northwest Coast Botanical Watercolors Early Drawings from the Olympic Peninsula Tattoos Neah Bay Revisited The Queen Charlotte Islands Works by Johnny Kit Elswa Marine Life Rough Sketches

Subjects:

Art, Art Connecticut New Haven Exhibitions, Art Connecticut New Haven Expositions, Art Private collections, Art Private collections Northwest, Pacific Exhibitions, Connecticut New Haven, Exhibition catalogs, Ilustrated works, Indians in art, Indians in art Exhibitions, Northwest, Pacific In art Exhibitions, Pacific Northwest, Peuples autochtones da

 

Circulation

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Collection Resource Available Edition Published Publisher
The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library Book Hardcover 1st Edition 2003 Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University ; Distributed by University Press of New England, New Haven, Conn., Hanover, N.H., 2003

 

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