A Corner of Bryce Canyon
Creator: Coy Avon Seward
Date: between 1935 and 1945
Small vertically oriented intaglio print on white paper. Penciled artist's signature below print. The artist was a founding member of the influential Prairie Print Makers, a group dedicated to promoting print making and offering affordable art to collectors. Seward was a tireless promoter of the arts in Kansas. He painted more than 30 canvases of landscapes, but his main interest was print making.

A Glimpse of the Smoky Hills
Creator: Coy Avon Seward
Date: 1927
Black lithographed scene on tan kid finish Bristol paper. Depicts the Smoky Hills of Kansas through an arch formed by trees. The artist was Coy Avon Seward (1884-1939), born in Chase, Kansas, and trained at both Washburn and Bethany colleges. Seward was a founding member of the Prairie Print Makers Association. This group believed art should be affordable for all people, not just collectors. Seward produced this print in 1927.

Lone Pine
Creator: Coy Avon Seward
Date: 1934
Black and white intaglio print on paper, depicting a single pine tree in a rocky terrain. The artist was Coy Avon Seward (1884-1939), born in Chase, Kansas, and trained at both Washburn and Bethany colleges. Seward was a founding member of the Prairie Print Makers Association. This group believed art should be affordable for all people. Seward inscribed this print to the donor, Virginia McArthur of Hutchinson, who saw Seward produce the print in 1934.

Wichita in 1869
Creator: Seward, C. A. (Coy Avon), 1884-1939
Date: 1869
A black and white photograph of "Wichita in 1869" painted by Wichita artist Coy Avon (C. A.) Seward in 1920. On September 28, 1920, The Wichita Beacon noted that the painting was "presented to the [Sedgwick County] Pioneer Society by business men in the city" and "shows Wichita as a trading post along a trail (Waco avenue) extending north from the Munger house." On May 1, 1921, The Wichita Eagle reported that the painting was painted "from description and data furnished by William Finn, the city's first surveyor. Mr. Finn declares this picture to be a very true likeness of the city as it appeared to him when he arrived in the late summer of '69." The Pioneer Society later donated the painting to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum.