https://knoxart.omeka.net/items/browse?sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CCreator&sort_dir=d&output=atom2024-03-29T09:36:51-04:00Omekahttps://knoxart.omeka.net/items/show/13Family Doctor depicts the slender and capable hands of Wood’s own doctor, Dr. A.W. Bennet as he holds a thermometer and stethoscope. Wood’s focused, detailed vision creates a deeply personal portrait of the doctor as a kind, simple, and intellectually focused porfessional. Focusing on the doctor’s hands in conjunction with the medical supplies suggests the skill of the doctor’s hands as important tools.]]>2018-04-26T14:36:14-04:00
Dublin Core
Title
Family Doctor
Creator
Wood, Grant
Description
One of Wood’s last works, Family Doctor depicts the slender and capable hands of Wood’s own doctor, Dr. A.W. Bennet as he holds a thermometer and stethoscope. Wood’s focused, detailed vision creates a deeply personal portrait of the doctor as a kind, simple, and intellectually focused porfessional. Focusing on the doctor’s hands in conjunction with the medical supplies suggests the skill of the doctor’s hands as important tools.
Date
1940
Subject
Lithograph
Format
10 x 12 in.
Identifier
K-618-1 Knox College General Collection CFA Deep Storage Shelf E38
Bibliographic Citation
Wood, Grant. Family Doctor. Lithograph, 10 by 12 in. Galesburg, Knox College Archives General Collection.
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Dark greenery forms a picturesque frame around the landscape, which contains a view of a steamboat on the Mississippi River. On the opposite bank is the city of Nauvoo, an historic curiosity in Illinois, which was established in 1839 by Mormon settlers led by their prophet, Joseph Smith.
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Dublin Core
Title
Nauvoo on the Mississippi
Creator
Unknown Artist
Description
Dark greenery forms a picturesque frame around the landscape, which contains a view of a steamboat on the Mississippi River. On the opposite bank is the city of Nauvoo, an historic curiosity in Illinois, which was established in 1839 by Mormon settlers led by their prophet, Joseph Smith.
Date
undated
Subject
oil on wood
Identifier
Knox College Art Collection
Bibliographic Citation
Artist, Unknown. "Nauvoo on the Mississippi,", undated.
Rights
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - RIGHTS-HOLDER(S) UNLOCATABLE OR UNIDENTIFIABLE http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
This photograph shows the 1937 centenary parade on Main Street. This photo shows 401 E. Main St at the intersection of Seminary Street and Main which is now currently the Galesburg UPS store.
This photograph depicts the Bank Of Galesburg building on the corner of E. Main St and Kellogg St. We see this was taken after the two additional floors were added in 1911, but before the 1915 construction of the Orpheum Theatre to the far right.
Trained in the photography studio of Matthew Brady, O’Sullivan is most famous for producing Civil War and expeditionary photographs. These images were taken on Lt. George M. Wheeler’s famous Geographical Survey West of the 100th Meridian, which was conducted from 1871 to 1874 and sponsored by the U.S. government.
Date
1875-1876
Subject
Photography
Identifier
Knox College Special Collections
Bibliographic Citation
O'Sullivan, Timothy. "Geological Surveys West of the 100th Meridian,", 1875-.
Rights
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - RIGHTS-HOLDER(S) UNLOCATABLE OR UNIDENTIFIABLE http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
Known for her works influenced by the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning created this pencil drawing on paper in 1953. It is a representation of children walking to school.
Date
1953
Subject
Pencil drawing
Format
13.75" x 18.25"
Identifier
GCAC 2001
Bibliographic Citation
Tanning, Dorothea. Children Going to School. 1953. Pencil drawing, 13.75" x 18.25". Galesburg Civic Art Center.
Torn Photograph from the 2nd Stop (Rubble): 2nd Mountain of Six Stops on a Section
Creator
Smithson, Robert
Description
This photographic print depicts a geological study of mixed rubble that contains discarded manufactured materials like lumber and brick.
Date
1970
Subject
offset lithograph
Identifier
Seymour Library Special Collections, Knox College
Bibliographic Citation
Smithson, R. (1970). Torn Photograph from the 2nd Stop (Rubble): 2nd Mountain of Six Stops on a Section. [offset lithograph] Galesburg: Seymour Library Special Collections, Knox College.
Clare Smith was a printmaker who lived and worked in Galesburg, IL. After raising a family, she decided to go back to school and enrolled at Knox College, earning degrees in Art and French. After graduating she worked at the famous printshop Atelier 17 in Paris. It was there that she learned the technique of viscosity printing, which is utilized in this print. This particular print uses Native American imagery and was inspired by Longfellow's, <em>Song of Hiawatha</em>.
Date
1980
Subject
Color intaglio
Format
14"x17"
Identifier
Galesburg Civic Arts Center
Bibliographic Citation
Smith, Clare. "Indian Symbols Plate IV Feather Series RYB,".
]]>https://knoxart.omeka.net/items/show/25U.S. Military Railroad Photograph Album, containing 83 mounted photographs. It was created for Daniel Craig McCallum, director all military railroads for the Union army. The photograph was taken after the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, a Union victory.]]>2018-05-12T18:56:13-04:00
Dublin Core
Title
Stone Wall, Rear of Fredericksburg, with Rebel Dead, May 3d, 1863
Creator
Russell, Andrew J.
Description
This image is part of a larger photo album U.S. Military Railroad Photograph Album, containing 83 mounted photographs. It was created for Daniel Craig McCallum, director all military railroads for the Union army. The photograph was taken after the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, a Union victory.
Date
1863
Subject
photograph
Identifier
Knox College Special Collections and Archives, Ray D. Smith Collection. E468.7 U58
Bibliographic Citation
Russell, Andrew J., "Stone Wall, Rear of Fredericksbug, with Rebel Dead, May 3d, 1863," black-and-white photograph, part of larger collection U.S. Military Railroad Photographic Album, Knox College Special Collections and Archives.