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Nellie Jane Manning

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Description: Full-length portrait of Nellie Jane Manning.
Painting

Mrs. Austin Quinney and Her Daughter Harriet

Date: 1849
Description: Portrait of Jane Quinney, (born Ashotomay) wife of Austin E. Quinney, chief of the Stockbridge nation, and their daughter, Harriet.
Painting

Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes

Date: 1821
Description: Canadian Prairie Indians on Snowshoes.
Painting

Jacket and Slacks Design for "Vertigo."

Date: 1958
Description: Pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor design for a beige jacket with black slacks designed by Edith Head for Kim Novak in "Vertigo" (Paramount 1958).
Painting

Black Evening Dress Design for "Career"

Date: 1959
Description: Pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor design for a knee-length black evening dress with black lace overlay designed by Edith Head for Donna Douglas in the f...
Painting

Red Coat Over Black Dress Design for "Career"

Date: 1959
Description: Pencil, ink, gouache, and watercolor design for a black evening dress with criss-cross straps in front and a red full overcoat with fur cuffs made for Shir...
Drawing

Dress Costume Design for "Hawaii"

Date: 1966
Description: Pencil and watercolor costume design sketch by Dorothy Jeakins for a cotton print dress for Jerusha Bromley in the film "Hawaii" (Mirisch 1966). A swatch o...
Painting

Expedition with Supply Cart

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Description: An illustration created using cutout photographs and white, gray and black paint on cream colored paper. The scene depicts, in profile, a man pulling a loa...
Painting

Forming the Bow or Stem

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Description: An Indian man sits in front of a dwelling forming a bow or stem for a canoe that he's making. In the background is a wigwam (or wetu).
Painting

Completed Bow or Stem

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Description: An Ojibwa man shows a completed bow or stem for a canoe that he's constructing. Behind the man is a wigwam (or wetu).

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