Better known as an art collector, Paul Mellon was also one of America's premier book collectors of the late 20th century.America Pictured to the Life: Illustrated Works from the Paul Mellon Bequest explores the extraordinary range of American illustrated books that Mr. Mellon's estate gave to Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The catalog ranges from 16th-century accounts of early European exploration through late 19th-century American children's literature. Works depicting American cities and historical events are accompanied by illustrated trade literature, art and architectural manuals, and works of entertainment. Illustrated in full color, the catalog includes commentary on more than 100 items from the Mellon bequest.

America Pictured to the Life: Illustrated Works from the Paul Mellon Bequest

Arts & Photography

Reese, William S.

Miles, George A.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Yale Univ Pr

Biographies & Memoirs

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Historical

Beinecke Rare Book &

<p>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. He lived among the Makah Indians of Neah Bay where he taught school and was among the first Americans to visit the Haida villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands.<br><br>Known as an avid correspondent and diarist (he kept a daily journal for the last 41 years of his life), Swan was also a talented draftsman who sketched many of the people he met, the places he visited, and the events he witnessed. He also commissioned and collected work by Indian artists he befriended. 115 drawings from his collection, donated to the Yale Collection of Western Americana by Franz and Kathryn Stenzel, are reproduced here, nearly all of them for the first time. They provide a striking, visual record of the Northwestern frontier. Introductory essays trace Swan's life, his interaction with Indian artists, and the that role Dr. and Mrs. Stenzel played in preserving his drawings.</p>

James Swan, Cha-Tic of the Northwest Coast: Drawings and Watercolors from the Franz & Kathryn Stenzel Collection of Western American Art

Swan, James

Stenzel, Franz

Stenzel, Kathryn M.

History & Criticism

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