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Painting

12th Wisconsin Marching to Fort Riley

Date: 04 24 1862
Description: Watercolor view of Manhattan, Kansas, from the bluff westward. The watercolor portrays the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers on their way to Fort Riley, on April ...
Painting

Mastodon

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a Mastodon.
Painting

Sunset Over Main Hall

Date: 1917
Description: Watercolor, painted by Max Otto, of Main Hall (later renamed Bascom Hall) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The watercolor predates the 1917 fire tha...
Drawing

Wisconsin State Capitol Planting Design

Date: 1911
Description: Architectural watercolor of a planting design for the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Painting

Indian Dancer

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a costumed indian dancer.
Painting

Chequamagon Point

Date: 1898
Description: Watercolor painting of Chequamegon Point.
Painting

Bark Shelter

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a shelter made of bark with child inside of it.
Painting

Flintknapper

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a person flintknapping, a process used to make prehistoric stone tools.
Painting

Effigy Mound Builders

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of prehistoric Indians building an effigy mound.
Photograph

Ruth Myre

Date: 06 11 1948
Description: Mrs. Ruth Myre, watercolor artist, shown in her home painting. One of Mrs. Myre's watercolor paintings took second place at the Madison Artists' guild annu...
Drawing

Wisconsin State Capitol (Second) Sketch

Date: 1851
Description: A watercolor view of Madison. Prominent on the left side of King Street is the Madison Hotel.
Painting

Indians around a Fire

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a group of Indians sitting around a fire under a cliff.
Painting

Illustration of Madison

Date: 1850
Description: A watercolor painting depicting a distant view of the city of Madison, circa 1850-1851.
Photograph

Cavalry Skirmish

Date: 11 12 1862
Description: Watercolor of a skirmish between the 7th Kansas Cavalry, Company A of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, & Jackson's Rebel Cavalry near Lamar, Mississippi.
Painting

Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Building Under Construction

Date: 1952
Description: Watercolor painting of a Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig building (the site of the current Wisconsin Historical Museum) under construction.
Painting

Four Arrowheads

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of four arrowheads used by PaleoIndians from Wisconsin. The types from left to right are: clovis, folsum, lanceolate and scottsbluff.
Painting

Pottery and Pan Pipe

Date: 1997
Description: A watercolor of a piece of pottery and a pan pipe created by late woodland mound builders of Wisconsin.
Drawing

Gaddis Sketches

Date: 11 08 1906
Description: Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte...
Painting

View of Downtown Madison from Lake Monona

Date: 
Description: Watercolor painting of a view of downtown Madison from Lake Monona. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the center.
Map or Atlas

Map of Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee Counties

Date: 1840
Description: Map shows three Wisconsin territories, Jefferson, Waukesha, and Milwaukee. Map is ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper. Relief shown by hachures.

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