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Start Over Date range 1839 Names Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss (1820-1905)
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Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905) Sketchbook, 1832/1931, bulk 1832/1880

0.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (1 flat storage box)
Sketchbook of Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905), a French-born American artist and the first commissioner of immigration for West Virginia. Sketchbook includes clipping of an article about Debar (1931) as well as artworks by Debar. Artworks include mostly pencil and pen sketches, as well as some watercolors. Most of his work is labeled with subject and year, and has been pasted into the sketchbook. Subjects are generally landscapes and portraits. Sections of the sketchbook include: "In Alsace 1832-5" (includes watercolor of island of Schwanau), "Paris 1835-40", "In America 1840" (includes watercolor of Niagara Falls and sketches of Charles Dickens), "In West Virginia 1846-1876", "The Civil War 1861-65" (includes sketches of John Brown, Stonewall Jackson, and other prominent military and political figures), "Kansas 1880" (includes Salina area), "Visit to Europe 1881-2", and "Supplementary of Various Dates and Places".
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Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905) Sketchbook, 1832/1931, bulk 1832/1880 0.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (1 flat storage box)

Sketchbook of Joseph Hubert Diss Debar (1820-1905), a French-born American artist and the first commissioner of immigration for West Virginia. Sketchbook includes clipping of an article about Debar (1931) as well as artworks by Debar. Artworks include mostly pencil and pen sketches, as well as some watercolors. Most of his work is labeled with subject and year, and has been pasted into the sketchbook. Subjects are generally landscapes and portraits. Sections of the sketchbook include: "In Alsace 1832-5" (includes watercolor of island of Schwanau), "Paris 1835-40", "In America 1840" (includes watercolor of Niagara Falls and sketches of Charles Dickens), "In West Virginia 1846-1876", "The Civil War 1861-65" (includes sketches of John Brown, Stonewall Jackson, and other prominent military and political figures), "Kansas 1880" (includes Salina area), "Visit to Europe 1881-2", and "Supplementary of Various Dates and Places".

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