Sketchbook with Drawings of Minnesota.
DraftsmanDrawn by
Nelson Augustus Moore
American, 1824 - 1902
Dateafter 1883
MediumGraphite on wove paper bound in sketchbook with cardboard front cover and gummed linen tape spine
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 7 3/4in. (11.4 x 19.7cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 7in. (11.4 x 17.8cm)
Other (sketchbook cover height x width): 4 1/2 x 7in. (11.4 x 17.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/2 x 7in. (11.4 x 17.8cm)
Other (sketchbook cover height x width): 4 1/2 x 7in. (11.4 x 17.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionSketchbook contains sketches, including scenes in Minnesota, many with lakes and sheep. Several studies depict a balsam fir tree. Two drawings appear to depict a funeral, with a woman standing beside a casket. One sketch shows two women entering a trolley car. Another shows several different boats, identified as "Adirondac [sic] boats."
Object number2004.52.217.1-.27
InscribedOn front cover, upper right, in pencil, "E M Moore".Inside front cover, lower right, in pencil, accession number.
Folio numbers are inscribed on each leaf, lower right, in pencil.
On recto:
Folio 1recto, lower left, in pencil, "The car door".
Folio 12recto, in pencil, "Balsam Fir".
Folio 16recto, in pencil, "Balsam top / for Col Shepards / painting".
Folio 18recto, in pencil, "Minatonka [sic] Minn."
Folio 19recto, in pencil, "Shore of Lake Minnetonka".
Folio 20recto, in pencil, "Shape of a Balsam - one third taller".
Folio 21recto, in pencil, "Adirondac [sic] boats".
On verso:
Folio 1verso, in pencil, an account of an incident in Waterbury, concluding "... He said / If you know of anybody who can give a feller, a job as laying Brick or Mason work wont you let a feller know."
Folio 4verso, in pencil, "Enchanted Lake".
Folio 7verso, in pencil, "Subject - White Squadron in a Storm".
Folio 9verso, in pencil, "Wild Goose Island".NotesArtist Note: The initials "E. M. Moore" on the front cover stand for "Ellen Mindwell Moore," Nelson Augustus Moore's daughter. However, one of the drawings and the account of the meeting with a mason in Waterbury are both signed by N.A. Moore, and all of the drawings in the sketchbook appear to be by him. (Finlay 8/25/2004)
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