Eugene Colby collection, circa 1883-1929.

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Eugene Colby collection, circa 1883-1929.

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The Eugene Colby collection contains landscapes: 3 etchings, 2 oil on canvas paintings, 11 charcoal drawings, and 2 pencil drawings. Etchings: "Untitled" [bucolic scene with cows]; "Lake Scene with Canoe;" "Marblehead, Mass" . Paintings: "Old Apple Tree" (1896); "Birches" (1929). Charcoal drawings: "Shawanaga River; Georgian Bay" [1]; "Shawanaga River, Georgian Bay" [2]; "Near Mt. Washington;" "Isle Country Side Scene;" "New Empress Isle;" "Near Hemlock Channel;" "Hillside Near L.S. 47;" "Lake Scene;" "Hemlock Channel;" "Untitled" [sunset on water]. Pencil drawings: "Buffalo, Park;" "On the dock at Buffalo, NY, August 15, 1883." The collection also contains a rudimentary student lap desk made by Colby. The Eugene Colby collection contains drawings, etchings, oil paintings, and a student desk made by Colby.

1.5 linear feet (1 oversize lid box, 1 framed painting, 1 desk)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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