Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948
Person
Summary
Worked at the American Museum of Natural History as an illustrator.
The American Museum of Natural History has several works of art created by Robert Bruce Horsfall.
Topics
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Art Survey No. 253: [Tropical Birds, group of six plates] / Monogram on each plate "R/B/H", circa 1920s
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 253
Scope and Contents
Six plates illustrating tropical birds in their habitats: Flamingos, Hummingbirds, Quetzals, Cocks of the Rock, Toucans, and Curassom. Inscription: Under each plate "Flamingo - Phoenicopterus/Hummingbird - Calypta helende/Quetzal - Pharamachurus nociano/Cock of the Rock - Rupicold rupicola/Toucan - Ramphastos pisciunrus/Curasson - Craxglobicera" LL "9 + 10." Each plate 2 5/8 x 3 3/8, Created but never used for Nature Magazine.
Dates:
circa 1920s
Art Survey No. 551: Merycoidodon culbertsoni / LL "Robert Bruce Horsfall", 1936
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 551
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The...
Dates:
1936
Art Survey No. 1265: Western Evening Grosbeaks., 9999 - 9999
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1265
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The...
Dates:
9999 - 9999
Art Survey No. 1266: [Duckling], 9999 - 9999
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1266
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The...
Dates:
9999 - 9999
Art Survey No. 1267: [Birds of Prey Plates]., 9999 - 9999
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1267
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The...
Dates:
9999 - 9999
Art Survey No. 1268: [Woods] / Bruce Horsfall., 1909
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1268
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum, conducted by Joel Sweimler in 1991-1992. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. There is a physical copy of the survey that consists of seven volumes, printed from the original database. Volumes 1-4 contain records of art work in the American Museum of Natural History. There are two copies of an author index in three volumes. The...
Dates:
1909
[Paintings and drawings] [art original] / R. Bruce Horsfall
Collection
Identifier: RF-101-A to RF101-C
Scope and Contents
Mainly gouache paintings (black ink, many with white highlights), some done for Nature magazine. Only items 30 and 75 are full watercolors; 7 items are pencil drawings. All items are on on board except items 8, 13 and 38, which are on paper.
Dates:
1925-1943
Tylosaurus dyspelor [art original] / [Charles R. Knight]
Collection
Identifier: Floor 1, Stack 1-11
Scope and Contents
The top illustration, by Charles Knight, was reproduced in Henry Fairfield Osborn's article entitled: A complete mosasaur skeleton, osseous and cartilaginous, issued as Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 1, pt. 4 (Oct. 1899), on page 186. The bottom illustration is a variation of the illustration on that same page and was based on drawings by W.D. Matthew and Bruce Horsfall under Osborn's direction. Published illustrations lack textual labels of the animal's parts....
Dates:
1899?
