Louis Choris collection circa 1800-1828

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Louis Choris collection circa 1800-1828

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv97219

Collection includes: Hand colored lithographs of glaciers in Kotzebue, Alaska and the Chukchi people in Kamchatka, Russia, ca. 1800-1828, 24.7 x 41.8 cm.

.16 cubic feet (1 oversize folder)

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6381965

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Choris, Louis,

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Choris, Louis, 1795-1828

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In 1815, Louis (or Ludovik/Ludwig) Choris (1795-1828) was invited to be the official painter to accompany Captain Otto von Kotzebue's expedition to find a northwest passage through North America. Although only 20 years old, Choris painted on an earlier Russian expedition and had gained a reputation as a botanical artist among the Moscow art community. He pursued a successful art career and produced a second collection of lithographs in 1826. On March 22, 1828, he was attacked and killed by robbe...