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Sketchbook with Drawings of Minnesota.

DraftsmanDrawn by Nelson Augustus Moore American, 1824 - 1902

ManufacturerSketchbook manufactured by Acme Stationery and Paper Co.

Dateafter 1883

MediumGraphite on wove paper bound in sketchbook with paper front cover and cardboard back cover attached with gummed tape

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 5 5/8 x 16 1/2in. (14.3 x 41.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 5 1/16 x 9in. (12.9 x 22.9cm)
Other (sketchbook cover height x width): 5 5/8 x 9 1/8in. (14.3 x 23.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionSketchbook contains sketches, mostly scenes in Minnesota, including Excelsior and Christmas Lake. Some drawings include cows in a pasture, trees, lakes, a windmill, or a water tower. One drawing is a portrait of a man, identified as "Mr. Phelps."

Object number2004.52.216.1-.24

MarkingsOn front cover, printed in brown ink, "no. 392 / Ye Knickerbocker / Drawing / tablet / Diedrich Knickerbocker. / Copyrighted 1883 ACME STATIONERY AND PAPER CO."InscribedFolio 3recto, lower left, in pencil, "Mr. Phelps"
Folio 10recto, lower right, in pencil, "Christmas Lake, Min."
Folio 11recto, lower left, in pencil, "Christmas Lake, Min."
Folio 23recto, lower left, in pencil, "From La Fayette, Min."
Folio 24recto, lower center, in pencil, "Near Redwood Falls Minn."

Folio 6verso, in pencil: lower left, "Excelsior"; upper right, "The roof ofthe water tank is silvery grey... / Hotel Lafayette is seen in distance".

Inside front cover, accession number inscribed at lower right, in pencil.
Folio numbers are inscribed on each leaf, lower right, in pencil.
On verso of back cover, in pencil: "E.A. Moore"

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