Frank B. Mayer Sioux Indians sketchbook #44, 1851

Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899 · 1851 · Newberry Library · 66 pictures

A pencil sketchbook kept in 1851 by the artist Frank Blackwell Mayer, held by the Newberry Library, recording Sioux and Dakota people he encountered. The pages are loose studies of figures in profile, from behind, and seated, with page numbers in the upper corners. For a designer, the value is in the quick gestural line and the relaxed poses, useful as reference for hand-drawn figure work or heritage-style sketch treatments.

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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