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John Ross
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of John Ross in suit coat, shirt, and string tie. The drawing is initialed by the artist. Below the signature is "John Ross" written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1890~
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Peyton Long
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Peyton Long in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Peyton Long" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Upton Hayes
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Description
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Charcoal portrait drawing of Colonel Upton Hays [Hayes] in suit. The drawing is signed by the artist. Below the artist's signature is "Col. Upton Hayes" written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1890~
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Friz Freleng Cartoon
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Description
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Cartoon illustration by Isadore (Friz) Freleng published in the February 14, 1923, Westport Crier newspaper while he was a student at Westport High School. Freleng went on to become an animation pioneer creating over 300 cartoons for Warner Bros. featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, and other classic Looney Tunes characters.
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Date
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1923
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Friz Freleng Cartoon
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Description
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Cartoon illustration by Isadore (Friz) Freleng published in the March 13, 1923, Westport Crier newspaper while he was a student at Westport High School. Freleng went on to become an animation pioneer creating over 300 cartoons for Warner Bros. featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, and other classic Looney Tunes characters.
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Title
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Joseph Orville Shelby
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of General Joseph Orville Shelby in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. The drawing is signed by the artist. Below the signature, "Genl. Jos. Orvill Shelby" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Unidentified Man
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Unidentified Man
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified man with suit coat, shirt, and tie. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Unidentified Man in Uniform
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified guerrilla dressed in coat or cloak, shirt, and hat similar to a beret adorned with a plume and three large and two small stars on the headband. Subject holds a pistol. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Jesse Hamlett
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Jesse Hamlett (sometimes spelled Hamlet) in suit coat, vest, tie, and hat. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Jesse Hamlet" is written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Title
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified person in cloak, shirt, and hat with plume andfive stars on the hatband. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is taken from another drawing (MVO-101F).
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Title
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier or Guerrilla
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified Civil War soldier or guerrilla in uniform with cloak. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Person in this drawing is from another drawing in this collection (MVO-101F).
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Title
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Unidentified Guerrilla
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of man in typical guerrilla overshirt, wearing a hat with a plume, and holding two crossed pistols. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Title
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Unidentified Civil War Soldiers or Guerrillas
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of two men dressed in cloaks, uniforms, and hats with plumes and holding pistols. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Each of these has his own portrait (taken from this one) in this same collection by the same artist.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Fletcher Taylor with Frank and Jesse James
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Description
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Charcoal drawing of three of Quantrill's guerrillas: Fletcher Taylor (left), Frank James (sitting), and Jesse James (right). Fletch and Jesse are dressed in suits and hats; Frank is hatless and in uniform. A hat lies on the floor near Frank's feet. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. Below the person on the left, written in different handwriting and black ink is "Jesse James" and below that in a different handwriting is FLETCH TAYLOR. Below the man in the center is "FRANK." Right below the artist signature on the right is "Frank James" with "JESSE" penciled below. The corrected designations do not appear in the image.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Jesse James
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Jesse James dressed in suit coat, vest, shirt, tie, and hat. Drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Frank James" is written in different handwriting and black ink. This designation should be Jesse, not Frank.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Benjamin (Ben) Broomfield
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Ben Broomfield with pullover shirt typical of the guerrillas, hat, and rifle. The drawing is signed by the artist with "93" immediately below the signature. At the bottom right corner, "Ben Bloomfield" is written in different handwriting and black ink. It is assumed to be Broomfield.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Jesse James, Deceased
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of deceased Jesse James with beard, dressed in shirt and cravat. The drawing is signed by the artist. Next to the signature is "Jesse James" written in different handwriting and black ink.
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Date
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1890~
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Charles Sanders
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of Charles Sanders (Saunders) in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. The drawing is unsigned but attributed to Anna Lee (Dillenbeck) Stacey. At the bottom right corner, handwritten in black ink is "Chas. Saunders."
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Date
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1890~
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Unidentified Man in Confederate Uniform
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Description
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Charcoal portrait of unidentified man in Confederate uniform and hat with ostrich plume. The drawing is unsigned but attributed to Anna Lee (Dillenbeck) Stacey.
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Date
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1890~
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