Happy New Year - Feliz Ano Nuevo - Do Siego Roku

Salvete Omnes,

 

last posting of this 2023 - the old year is about to finish its course..

I wish you  Happy New Year, Feliz ano Nuevo & Do Siego Roku 2024 - may pace return to the Holy Land, Africa and Europe. 

some old, a century old or more Polish greeting cards from Polona (Polish) National Library 

a page adornment from a book printed at the Maciej Wierzbieta's print shop in Krakow, 1585

enjoy 

Valete

William de la Montagne Cary as illustrator et al.,

 Salvete Omnes,

and the last posting about the art of William M. Cary, this time appearing in publications of the era

  'The master of the strong heart: a story of Custer's last rally'  by Elbridge Streeter Brooks. (published in 1910)

and some more more

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and the painting - Buffalo Signals 

enjoy 

Valete 

William de la Montagne Cary - Grinnell's article with Cary's art

 Salvete Omnes, 

another post about William de la Montagne Cary, before year's end 

this time a fine article, from American Museum of Natural History Journal,  written by one of the more preeminent historians and students of the Great Plains people - the Cheyennes, Pawnees etc.
The article deals with the 1861 and 1874 trips to the West made by maestro Cary. 

the last page also includes a comprehensive  editorial note on the voyages and experiences with the Plains nomads by dr. Grinnell himself.

enjoy

Valete

William de la Montagne Cary - Harper's Weekly Plains Indians

 Salvete Omnes,

Old  2023 Year galloping to the finish line and we have some  more  of William de la Montagne Cary's pens, pencils and engraving tools 

from the  Harper's Weekly archives come these images drawn by William de la Montagne Cary - 1873, 1874 and 1876. I found and selected them for your viewing pleasure

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Please be mindful  that all text accompanying or explaining the illustrations comes from the period - 1870s -  and contains all the mores, ethics and prejudices of the era.

enjoy

Salvete

William de la Montagne Cary - early American West painter - art from Gilcrease Museum

 Salvete Omnes,

Boy feeding a pet crow

Gilcrerase museum of Oklahoma City has a great collection of the American Western art, including the art of William de la Montagne Cary. William de la Montagne Cary and his art belong  to the category of the early American painters of the American Trans-Mississippi frontier.

We should note that W.M Cary, born June 30, 1840, made his first excursion into the Trans-Mississippi West in 1861, way ahead of the likes of Russell, Paxson, Remington etc. During this trip on the Missouri River he visited and met  the Yankton Sioux, Crow, Assinaboines, Red River Metis, Blackfeet etc.

Fording the Missouri

Well, let us see some digitized images of his art from the Gilcrease Museum -

a rare image of dog travois

all Gilcrease museum images are  in copyright -  I am presenting them here for educational purposes only

as per learning a little more about maestro William we can search the net - eg Amon Carter Museum, gallery sites like Artnet,  Christies or Sothebys  , Betty Krulik etc, but  there is a readily available  book, titled  William  de la Montagne Cary: artist on the Missouri River by Mildred Ladner,  that can be borrowed  from Archive world library.

Valete