Image of George de Forest Brush's painting, "The Indian and the Lily," depicting Native American man with a white bird hanging on his back reaching toward a pond lily.
Biographical/Historical note:
A.W. Elson & Co. was a Boston-based firm that made photogravure plates and carbon prints around 1900.
George de Forest Brush was an American painter most known for his romanticized images of NAtive American life and his Renaissance-style portraits. He painted "The Indian and the Lily" in 1887.
The Archives of American Art holds the George de Forest Brush and Brush family papers, circa 1909-1993.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery hold Brush's paintings and drawings.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum Archives and Special Collections holds photographs of Brush and his paintings.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photogravures
Citation:
Photo Lot 89-26, A.W. Elson & Co. photogravure of George de Forest Brush's "Indian and the Lily", National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.