Over the decades I have slowly built up a collection of paleontological art consisting of
In each entry of the following catalog, the column labeled Item Identifier begins with the initials of the artist's name and ends with a 3-digit serial number. In the case of Charles Knight, the three digits include a digit specifying the portfolio used to store that item, and the location of the item within that portfolio. Thus, ck304 identifies the fourth item in portfolio 3 of the Charles R. Knight collection. Portfolio 8 refers to free-standing items not stored as a group.
In the column labeled Description, any text in quotes actually appears somewhere on the item itself. Information about the media appears in parentheses; information about anything on the reverse side appears after a semicolon. The keyword "see-thru" means that a sketch of an animal shows its skeleton as well as the flesh covering it.
The ck1xx series is kept in an 8.5" X 11" loose-leaf binder.
Late in his life, Charles Knight's daughter, Lucy Steele — a personal friend of mine — got him to autograph many small works. These are marked "Chas R. Knight" in upper case letters. Occasionally an encircled "R" appears underneath this autograph. In a few cases, Lucy herself wrote "Charles R. Knight" in florid script. Description Styracosaurus skull Alligator, recent Camel, recent (faint) Cow, recent, see-thru Elotherium skull, lower jaw, front view (see ck114) Elephant, recent (brittle) Elephant, recent, standing Elephant, recent, running T. Rex Hesperornis skull, brittle Pig(?) skull Brontosaurus and archaeopteryx Dimetrodon skeleton Elotherium skull, lower jaw, side view (see ck105) Deer(?) forelegs See-thru skull and neck, brittle Deer(?) skull, beaver(?) skull Camel Hippo, rear view Iguana Protoceratops, see-thru Mammoth skeleton Woolly Rhino skeleton Woolly Rhino Elephant, running Brontosaurus; snake on reverse "Pliocene Animals", "Glyptotherium", "Anticamelus" Smilodon on a pedestal like a "library lion", two views; Brontosaurus on reverse Allosaurus munching on Brontosaurus carcass (sketchy); Allosaurus sketch on reverse Ceratosaurus skeleton (brittle) Brontosauruses in swamp; dinosaur scribbles on reverse Elephants; moose on reverse Mammoths, plus a list of words made out of the letters in the word AURIFEROUS Brontosauruses; brontosauruses on reverse Mammoth; mammoth on reverse Musculature of a large mammal Elephant heads, camel head, dog Cynognathus (brittle) Uintatherium skulls Woolly Rhino(?) See-thru brontosaurus with off-page head and tail; woolly rhino skull on reverse See-thru ground sloth "Eoarctops" skull (brittle) Carnosaur and stegosaur; unidentifiable remains on reverse "Comparative Size of Living Forms" (brittle) Edaphasaurus Protoceratops in blue pencil; protoceratops on reverse "A Group of Dinosaurs"; wolves on reverse Human musculature (brittle) Sketch of cave paintings of mammoths Elephant trumpeting; lion, rhino, arsinotherium and Professor Weiner of MIT on reverse Cynognathus skulls and dimetrodon skull See-thru T. Rex, clipped drawing of Archaeopteryx on reverse Diplodocus, evolutionary sequence of elephants, T. Rex Ceratosaurus T. Rex Titanothere heads, titanothere skull on reverse Struthiomimus Allosaurus munching on Brontosaurus carcass (sketchy); similar sketch on reverse Mastodon skulls African and Indian elephant skulls; buffalo sketch on reverse Photo of a horse skeleton in a galloping pose Archaeopteryx(?) skeleton (brittle) Archaeopteryx with a reference to Von Huene Dimetrodon and edaphasaurus skulls T. Rex (brittle) Glyptodon; baby lion on reverse See-thru T. Rex Crocodile skull outline (brittle) Monoclonius and compsognathus skeletons; monoclonius skeleton on reverse Struthiomimus Archaeopteryx head, ferns Skull, hippo lower jaw; dinosaur hip bones on reverse Frieze showing many types of dinosaurs; alternate version on reverse (brittle, on browned paper, in 3 pieces) See-thru T. Rex (on heavy board) Carnosaur head, horse(?) skull; African warriors on reverse See-thru triceratops (on heavy board) Study for the famous painting of the Burgess Shale creatures that Steve Gould used for the cover of Wonderful Life Tiger(?) skull Wonderful see-thru baluchitherium (brittle) Front and side views of titanotherium heads (heavy board) Two uintatherium skulls (brittle) Paleoscincus (heavy board) Eight kinds of dinosaurs, sketchy outlines See-thru horse (brittle) Baluchitherium (brittle wax paper) Triceratops skeleton (heavy board) T. Rex, brontosaurus, hadrosaurs(?) Ankylosaurus (on school notebook paper, work seems juvenile) "Elotherium" (on heavy board) "Titanothere" (on heavy board) Titanothere (on heavy board) Mastodon skulls; rhino(?) skull on reverse (brittle) Gorilla(?) hand (on heavy board) Skull of large mammal (brittle) Large flightless bird (brittle) Glyptodon sketch (on Smithsonian stationery); shark egg case on reverse Cow skull (brittle) Baluchitherium (brittle) Monoclonius skeleton, styracosaurus skull (brittle) Paleoscincus sketches; hadrosaurus on reverse Mammoth skull outline, mastodon skull outline Parasaurolophus (brittle) Horse skeleton 16 animation cells of an elephant walking Styracosaurus skull; back bone and hip bones on reverse Arsinotherium skull, allosaur(?) claws Edaphasaurus; tortoises on reverse Titanothere "by C. R. Knight signed by daughter L. K. Steel", scrunched dimetrodon skull in corner; titanothere shadow-outlined on reverse Faint dinosaur sketch (on heavy board) Allosaurus skeleton munching on brontosaurus skeleton Protoceratops skull (on heavy board) Alligator heads and arms Uintatherium skull Outline of 2 allosaurs fighting (from 2/42 Nat'l Geog., on wax paper); similar outline on reverse Studies of fore and hind legs of felines (4" X 4") Studies of fore and hind legs of felines (8" X 11½") See-thru stegosaur Dodo and skeletons of 2 other flightless birds on wax paper Moschops skeleton on wax paper Two mammal skeletons (mimeograph) Ground sloth skeleton (mimeograph) Bear(?) skeleton Mastodon with cavemen hiding in foreground Eagle (brittle) "The Mammoth of Bona" skeleton, art deco flying horse "Toxodon" and "Macrauchenia" skeletons Bear skin (water color) Lion snarling and cat skeleton; camel on reverse Hyena(?) (on heavy board) Pteranodon and rhamphoryncus See-thru titanothere "C. R. Knight" (wonderful) Moschops skeleton on AMNH stationery Tree, "very early work" (on heavy board) Tree, "very early work" Allosaurus biting neck of small brontosaurus See-thru eryops (heavy board); creeping triceratops on reverse Protoceratops with numerous measurements Large mammal leg bones; hind legs of kangaroo on reverse Deer covered with measurements, "very early work"; another deer on reverse Elephant "study"; horse on reverse "Studies of Anatomy, Bay Lynx", "Plate #1" (red, blue and black pencil on paper, pasted onto heavy board) See-thru camel, outline traced on both sides (brittle) Beautiful Permian reptile skeleton "Rancho La Brea Fauna", "Sketches of body forms to be printed on tracing paper and superimposed on skeletons" for article in Natural History Moschops, two skeletons (tracing paper) Dodo bird and chick, struthiomimus skeleton, pachycephalosaurus skull Protoceratops skull, three views (heavy board) Dimetrodon (sketch on tracing paper for his well-known large AMNH painting) Pig skeleton (mimeograph) Mammal skeleton (mimeograph) Seal skeleton (mimeograph) Seal skeleton (mimeograph) Cat skeleton (mimeograph) Pig(?)skeleton (mimeograph) Monkey skeleton (mimeograph) Bear(?)skeleton (mimeograph) Camel skeleton (mimeograph) Tapir skeleton (mimeograph) Jaguar skeleton (mimeograph) Rhino(?) skeleton; warthog on reverse Mammoth skeleton (mimeograph) "Plate I", "Patagonian Expeditions Vol. VI" large mammals (not original art, nor even (probably) by CK) Sketch of clock with dragon motif 3 stegosauruses, barylamba(?), faint brontosaurus skull, carnosaur head (tracing paper) T. Rex skull See-thru Sabre-Tooth skull; see-thru Camarasaurus on reverse Sketch of Brontosaurs in a lake with a Stegosaur on shore (prototype for ck802) Sketch of Ceratosaurus munching on a sauropod carcass "One of first dinosaur sketches - approx. 1894-6" (Lucy's handwriting) Camel muscles (tracing paper) Camel skeleton, camel muscles, skull of elephant, skull of large mammal (tracing paper) Hippo, horse and other skeletons (tracing paper) Recent iguana lizard "Frieze showing mammoths, horses, bison and reindeer. Cavern of the Font de Gaume. Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France." (heavy board); "No. 7 Drawn at the cave, 1927" written on reverse Small mammal skeleton (mimeograph) T. Rex and 2 triceratops, "Early dinosaur drawings" (Lucy's handwriting, work is on heavy board and shows damage from one edge having been left in the sun) Giraffe skeleton (mimeograph) Skull, "Sabre-tooth tiger by Chas. R. Knight" (Lucy's handwriting) (heavy board) Sabre-tooth tiger with his arms around a struggling bear(?), moschops(?) skeleton, Sabre-tooth tiger skulls Front and rear views of Camel, camel skeleton (tracing paper) Walrus skeleton (mimeograph) Styracosaurus outline, study for the 2/42 Nat'l Geog. Article, "By C. R. Knight. Signed by daughter L. K. Steel" (tracing paper) Otter(?) skeleton (mimeograph) Sabre-tooth tiger skull, front and side views on AMNH stationery Elephant with long tusks, "Sketches or early illustration about 1896" (Lucy's handwriting) Study for the painting of the Burgess Shale fossils that was used on the cover of Stephen Jay Gould's Wonderful Life, "Smithsonian Series Vol. 10" (see also ck709) Hadrosaur skeleton (heavy board, 1890's?) Triceratops skeleton (appears on page 11 of Dinosaurs, Mammoths and cavemen) Allosaurus munching on sauropod carcass Sketch for a frieze of a Brontosaurus looking up into the clouds where he sees a line of ancient Egyptians(?) carrying a dinosaur sculpture to their King (brittle) Fox, "Very early work. Approx 1892" (Lucy's handwriting) Smaller study for the painting of the Burgess Shale fossils that was used on the cover of Stephen Jay Gould's Wonderful Life, "Smithsonian Series Vol. 10" (see also ck703) Sketches of recent fauna: fish, duck, cat, elephant, snake, iguana, starfish, lobster, dog; trumpeting elephant on reverse Sabre-tooth tiger skull, many handwritten names and telephone numbers; draft of a letter to "Nan" from "Charlie" on reverse Study of Dinosaur Fountain (for Central Park?) Rooster head, 1890's(?) Study for the painting of two fighting allosaurs used in the Feb '42 Nat'l Geog. Article. Styracosaurus skull; protoceratops skulls on reverse Design in black pencil and red water color of a sculpture of a snarling winged cougar(?) on a pedastal; monoclonius sketches on reverse (1890's?) #84 from the LA Exhibit: "GIANT BEAVERS AND GLYPTODONT", beavers in foreground and glyptodont in background (oil, appears on page 113 of Dinosaurs, Mammoths and Cavemen and page 10 of the LA Pamphlet, label on reverse says: "24 ¼ X 19 ¾ X 1 ¾ inches, Oil on Academy board") Three Brontosaurs in a swamp with two more brontos and a stegosaurus on land in the background (oil) Tyrannosaurus (with 2 juveniles) and three triceratops, "Scale ½" = 1 foot, Harmless Herbivorous Dinosaur - Triceratops, Small Carnivorous Dinoaurs, Tyrannosaurus" (mixed media) "Paleoscincus, Brontosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Trachodon - All Herbivorous Harmless Types" #7 from LA Exhibit: "SKELETAL STUDY OF STRUTHIOMIMUS" (label on reverse says: "17 1/8 X 22 5/8 X 1 5/8 inches, Charcoal on Paper") #9 From LA Exhibit: "SKELETAL STUDY OF TRICERATOPS" (label on reverse says: "17 1/8 X 22 5/8 X 1 5/8 inches, Charcoal on Paper") #10 From LA Exhibit: "SKELETAL STUDY OF STEGOSAURUS" (appears on page 5 of LA Pamphlet, label on reverse says: "17 1/8 X 22 5/8 X 1 5/8 inches, Charcoal on Paper") #8 From LA Exhibit: "SKELETAL STUDIES OF ANATOSAURS" (appears on page 5 of LA Pamphlet, label on reverse says: "17 1/8 X 22 5/8 X 1 5/8 inches, Charcoal on Paper") #107 from LA Exhibit: "TITANOTHERE CARTOON". Pencil cartoon of Titanothere rubbing up protectively against a large safe on which the words "Titanothere monograph" are enscribed and saying "At last I am safe for posterity." (Label on reverse says "21¾ X 16¼ X 1 inches, Charcoal on paper, Signed Lower Right) #105 from LA Exhibit: "DINOSAUR FOUNTAIN". (label on reverse says "28 ¼ X 22 X 1 inches, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Lower Left") #97 from LA Exhibit: "TIME SCALE OF LIFE". (appears on back cover of LA Pamphlet, label on reverse says "33 ¼ X 17 5/8 X 2 inches, Charcoal on Academy Board, Signed Lower Right") a juvenile hadrosaurus (a "duckbill dinosaur") which was painted by Larry Felder with a one-hair brush, taking 200 hours to complete. (See image below.)