sketches
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Johns Hopkins University French Avant-Garde ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0448
Scope and Contents
The material is diverse, including engravings, drawings, posters, and medals, ranging from the 18th to the 20th century. Much of the collection is oriented toward the avant-garde, so even the 18th-century material tends to be literature of the margins. It is especially strong in 19th and 20th century avant-garde material (Symbolisme, Cabaret literature, political and social satire, Surrealism).
Dates:
1700s-1900s
Peabody Institute Robert Hall Lewis collection
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0115
Abstract
Robert Hall Lewis was a composer who taught at the Peabody Institute from 1969 to 1980. This collection contains newspaper clippings and related publicity about Lewis, correspondence between Lewis and the Peabody Institute, two photocopies of the holograph for his String Quartet No. 4, and three musical sketches for his Symphony No. 4.
Dates:
1976 - 1996
Sketchbook depicting Dussehra festival in India
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0728
Abstract
Dussehra (also known as Desara or Dasara) is the most famous event of the Chhattisgarh State, historically known as the Bastar region. It is a major Hindu festival celebrating the victory of good over evil in the worship of the goddess Durga, also known as Vijayadashami. This item is a 24-sheet cloth-covered sketchbook of drawings depicting participants in the Bastar Dussehra festival and includes 19 sketches in colored chalks and watercolor, while 9 are in pencil--many with descriptive...
Dates:
circa 1900
William Hand Browne collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0011
Scope and Contents
The collection of author and English professor, William Hand Browne, includes correspondence, notebooks, a scrapbook, pencil sketches, manuscript poems, and some published writings in Modern Language Notes, The Nation, and Sewanee Review. Numerous newspaper clippings are also included. In addition, there is an album of poetry and other writings by Browne's friend, John Banister Tabb. A few items relate to other family members, Lucy Hand Browne and Owens Hand Browne. William Hand Browne was...
Dates:
1842-1973
Found in:
Special Collections
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William Hand Browne collection