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Art Survey

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Distinguishes art works in the museum that were identified and described as part of an art survey, circa 2000.

Found in 943 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897)

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 502
Dates: Archives state that in June 1931 Osborn ordered a copy of the Couper marble bust of Cope.

Egret Nesting / UR "Mochi"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 857
Scope and Contents

Outlines/paper cuts depicting natural history scenes. Heron in tree-top, standing over nest feeding chicks, other herons on branches, water beneath them. Frame: Mounted, glazed. Originally commissioned for museum cafeteria.

Dates: [1969]

Eider Ducks / "E. Burke"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1314

[Eland] / LL "A. Operti N.Y."

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 177
Scope and Contents

Eland lying on the ground with its head up. Originally B/W photo. of a dead eland being held up by a native but native was painted out by artist. Support: Photograph. Frame: Glazed, wood frame, 24 1/4 x 19 1/2.

Dates: 1917

[Elkhorn Ranch]

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 180
Scope and Contents

Study for Roosevelt Ranch Group made on the James L. Clark Western Expedition. River valley in foreground, rocks left, white bluffs in distance, clouds in sky. On two panels. Frame: Wood, painted frame, 17 x 41 5/8.

Dates: 1937