	Library Collection
	Library Collection

Calendar of Events

Locations

About the Library

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Searching collections:

The Northwest Art Collection

Add or remove collections

Home Quillayut dugouts

Reference URL

Share

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Quillayut dugouts

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Select the collections to add or remove from your search

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Select All Collections

A

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Digital Collection

C

Century 21 Digital Collection

S

Seattle City Directories

Seattle Historical Photograph Collection

Seattle Maps and Atlases

Seattle Room Menu Collection

Seattle Sawdust -- Bits and Pieces from the Seattle Collection

T

The Northwest Art Collection

OK

Cancel

Artist	Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948
Title	Quillayut dugouts
Description	A black and white etching of dugout canoes resting on the beach. Large, craggy hills can be seen in the background. The style and line used in this print is very spare.
Biographical Notes	Thomas Handforth was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1897. He was an etcher, author and painter. He studied under Mahonri Mackintosh Young and at the University of Washington. He is the author of a Caldecott medal winning children’s book called "Mei Li" about a young girl in China, set during Chinese New Year. The book is full of illustrations of China where Handforth lived and visited.
Date	1929
Decade	1920-1929
Subjects (LCSH)	Arts, American -- Northwest, Pacific -- 20th century. Handforth, Thomas, 1897-1948 Etchings. Indians of North America. Quileute Indians. Dugout canoes. Landscape.
Medium/Technique	Etching
Image Measurements	8 1/2 x 11 inches
Object Type	Prints
Type	Still Image
Identifier	art_H192Qu
Digital Format	image/jp2
Digitization Specifications	74,997,604 bytes (working master file). Image capture by IO Color using a 25 mp camera (Sony A900 DSLR). Resized using Adobe Photoshop CS to 4000 pixels along the long dimension.
Contributing Institution	The Seattle Public Library
Collection	The Seattle Public Library Northwest Art Collection
Rights and Reproduction Information	For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights