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Artist Frank Hamilton Taylor (American, 1846 - 1927)
Date1880-1926
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsM-83-107a: 2 3/4 x 6 in. (7 x 15.2 cm)
M-83-107b: 6 x 8 1/2 in. (15.2 x 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineMuseum collection, University Gallery purchase
Object numberM-83-107
Collections
Visual DescriptionLabel on sketchbook cover indicating contents of book and letter introducing the artist's sketches.
An illustrated folio from the Jaina Uttaradhyayana-Sutra
Page from a Jain Manuscript Depicting the Saint Mahavira
Indian Artist
15th-16th century
Several sketches drawn and subsequently engraved; each represents a scene from an earthquake in Cuba - a street full of rubble and crumbling buildings, a wrecked village, a tidal wave, people cooking over an open fire in the street.
Recollections of a Cuban Earthquake
Frank Hamilton Taylor
1886
Depicting the Goddess Vasudhara
Page from a Buddhist Manuscript Depicting the Goddess Vasudhara
Indian, Bihar
12th century
Miniature Persian manuscript
Miniature Persian manuscript
Persian
20th century
Folio from a manuscript of the Bhagavadgītā
Folio from a manuscript of the Bhagavadgītā
Indian Artist
19th century
Letter to Frank H. Taylor
Letter to Frank H. Taylor
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe
1901
Letter to Mrs. Cornelius Martin
Letter to Mrs. Cornelius Martin
General William Tecumseh Sherman
March 31, 1877
Vertical scroll painting divided into seven panels depicting stylized figures walking and interacting as well as a cow. The bottom panel features a large, dark blue figure with multiple arms standing over a prone figure.
Kali
Indian Artist
20th Century
Two panels of marbled paper with three vertical lines of calligraphy on each panel
Verse from the Heart Sutra
Iidaka Kazuko
2005
Six large characters in a vertical line with three smaller vertical lines beneath.
Fortitude and Modesty
Kikugawa Tokio
2005
A male figure squats, wearing a brimmed hat and turned away from the viewer. A female figure stands in front of a pot. A child reclines underneath a fabric cover. Behind the figures are cracked architectural forms.
A Meal after the Earthquake
Frank Hamilton Taylor
1880
Rough sketch of man reclining in a chair. He wears a suit and a brimmed hat. He reads a book. No background or other figures are depicted.
Col. Fred D. Grant on Ship en route to Mexico
Frank Hamilton Taylor
1880

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