John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Reno, Nevada
The Lilley Museum of Art is located on the main campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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- Craig Sheppard
- 1874-1884 The Beginning, c. 1970s
- Ink
- 13.5 x 18 in
- Inv: 2014.1.709
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Title: 1874-1884 The Beginning
Artist: Craig Sheppard
Date: c.1970s
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Credit Line: Collection of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art
Item description: Wagon with two passengers just before they arrive at the University of Nevada in Elko.
Original illustration used for the "Centennial" a portrait of drawings commemorating the University of Nevada. A doting father takes a timid daughter to Nevada's first university structure, looming starkly out of the hinterland. The setting is Elko, where the University of Nevada was housed from 1874 to 1885. Illustration number one.
- Collections: Drawings
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