Frank B. Mayer Sioux Indians sketchbook #42, 1851

Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899 · 1851 · Newberry Library · 120 pictures

A pencil sketchbook kept in 1851 by Frank Blackwell Mayer, an artist who recorded Dakota Sioux life, held by the Newberry Library. Its pages hold quick studies of figures, faces, and seated or reclining men drawn from observation. A designer could draw on the loose, economical line of these field sketches for figure gestures, costume silhouettes, and the sketchbook look of quick studies on cream paper.

Indians of North America · Sioux Nation · Dakota Indians · Clothing and dress · Ceremonial objects · Canoes and canoeing · Sisseton Indians · Powwows · Tipis · Horses · Dwellings · United States · Minnesota -- Fort Snelling · Minnesota -- Traverse · Minnesota -- Mendota · Minnesota -- Lake Calhoun · Sketchbooks · Pencil drawings · Frank B. Mayer collection of sketchbooks, drawings, and oil paintings

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