Two very similar pencil drawings, one directly above the other, of the elevation of an island viewed from a distance. A handwritten note identifies the scene as Herald Island (an isolated island in the Arctic) viewed from the east. Accession records indicate that the image was created during the 1928 Stoll-McCracken expedition to the Arctic unde...
Pencil drawing of a view of distant Hiva Oa, an island in the Marquesas (French Polynesia), from the southeast, and a sky full of large clouds. Dates to 1934, drawn during the 1934-1935 Templeton Crocker expedition to the South Pacific in preparation for taxidermy dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History.
Pen and ink drawing on drawing paper (textured) mounted onto cardboard of two houses on shoreline with rock cliff to left and hills and trees behind. Cross on top of hill and light rays radiating out from it into sky.
Scratchboard illustration of house with textured entry and front with steps leading up to entry, flanked by a conifer on each side. Bare tree and rail fence on left. Deciduous trees in background.
Two watercolor paintings on board. On upper half of board, left of center, a single pied hornbill perching on a branch, facing left. The lower third of the board contains a small, rectangular scene in a border, depicting two Australian brushturkeys in profile, in front of an arid hill.
Pencil drawing of coniferous trees on a sloping hillside. Foreground tree is a stump, broken off near the base. "Hubachek's Island" is written at the bottom of the drawing and refers to Frank Hubachek, who owned land around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Pencil drawing of cedar, pine, and balsam trees, bare of foliage, on the slope of a hill or ridge. Strong shadows cast to the right. "Hubachek's Island" is written at the bottom of the drawing and refers to Frank Hubachek, who owned land around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.