Louis Choris photograph collection [graphic], 1822.

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Louis Choris photograph collection [graphic], 1822.

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The collection includes slides and photographs made from Louis Choris' illustrations in his book, "Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde" and second collection of lithographs, "Vues et Paysages des Regions Equinoxiales." The detailed botanical and natural history landscapes of St. George, St. Paul and St. Lawrence Islands (Pribilof Islands), the Aleutians, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kotzebue Sound, Unalaska. The slides duplicate some of the photographs.

42 slides : col.71 photographs : col.

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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...