Frank B. Mayer Sioux Indians sketchbook #41, 1851

Mayer, Frank Blackwell, 1827-1899 · 1851 · Newberry Library · 122 pictures

A pencil sketchbook kept in 1851 by the American artist Frank Blackwell Mayer, recording Sioux and Dakota Indians he met on his travels, now held by the Newberry Library. The pages hold quick figure studies, costume details, and group sketches made from life rather than finished compositions. A designer could take loose gestural figure poses, rapid observational linework, and the layout of multiple small studies on one page as a reference for sketchy, unfinished drawing.

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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