1900
Castle on a Mountain – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
9 3/4″ x 14″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and showing a castle on top of a mountain with a man standing beneath it holding up a cross with snakes and fish at his feet. There is a goat on the hill and a man with a bundle of sticks sitting with a waterfall (2000.048.225)
Japanese Ladies – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
11″ x 13 1/2″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows three Japanese ladies sitting under a pagoda drinking saki and one lady stands off to the side (2000.048.229)
King Surrounded by Grapevines – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
9 3/8″ x 13 3/4″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows the King sitting on his throne with one man and two ladies in his grapevine court (2000.048.224)
Knight and Dragon – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
9 3/4″ x 13 3/4″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows a knight on horseback slaying a dragon (2000.048.220)
Large Cross – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
9 3/4″ x 15 3/4″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows a large fallen cross with four Scottish men dancing and one playing a bagpipe sitting on a hillside covered in thistles (2000.048.226)
Lion Standing on Crown – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
11″ x 16 1/2″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows two Napoleonic era soldiers, one standing on a hill the other standing below the hill holding a musket, with a lion standing on a crown with a crushed chariot and flags with 3 skulls and bones beneath him (2000.048.221)
Man Bowing to Stone – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
11″ x 15 1/4″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows a man bowing down to a stone with a footprint in it which is placed where a king would sit, a guard and one man raising his hands toward the stone stand behind him (2000.048.228)
Man Playing Guitar – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
11″ x 14″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows a court jester playing a guitar, a dog walking down a hill, 2 birds at a nest feeding their young, a bird in a cage hanging at the front of the float with a man wearing a turban as a mast for the float (2000.048.222)
Men with Polar Bears – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
9 1/2″ x 15″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows a Native American sitting in front of a hut in a wooded area. The word Ranavalo is in the center of the float (2000.048.230)
Middle Eastern Men – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
11 7/8″ x 17″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows two men dressed in Arabic clothes with one smoking a pipe and the other holding a bowl, both are sitting. There is vegetation and 2 birds around them (2000.048.234)
Native American and Hermit – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
12 1/2″ x 16″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows Native American man talking to another man dressed like a castaway in front of the man’s fenced in hut with a dog, 2 goats and 3 cats around him (2000.048.233)
Neptune Riding in a Shell – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
10 1/2″ x 15 7/8″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows Neptune riding in the shell of a clam with 2 unicorn sea horses pulling him (2000.048.223)
Ranavalo – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
9 1/2″ x 15″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows a Native American sitting in front of a hut in a wooded area. The word Ranavalo is in the center of the float (2000.048.230)
Title Float – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
10 1/2″ x 15″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing the title float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawings have neither titles nor numbers (2000.048.219)
Two Knights Stand Guard – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
10″ x 15 1/2″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows two knights standing guard with a large cross shield and vases full of flowers on the float (2000.048.232)
Two Volcanoes – Isles of the Sea
Gus Renze
11 1/8″ x 15 3/8″ drawing mounted on board of an Ak-Sar-Ben Parade Float, showing a float from the 1900 Parade entitled “Isles of the Sea”. The drawing has neither title nor number and shows two erupting volcanoes, one with a shield leaning up against it, with a naked queen holding two shells with fire coming from them and vegetables on the ground (2000.048.227)