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Source Description
At the close of the fur-traders' rendezvous, Miller's patron, the Scottish Sir William Drummond Stewart, took a small group of friends fishing and hunting in the Wind River Mountains. Miller recalled the region as a sportsman's paradise, with crystal clear lakes in which trout were so plentiful that they could be caught with pins rather than with fishhooks. This painting was commissioned by William C. Wilson in 1853.
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Document identity
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12845
label
Rocky Mountain Scene, Wind River Mountains
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drawing
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title
Rocky Mountain Scene, Wind River Mountains
description
At the close of the fur-traders' rendezvous, Miller's patron, the Scottish Sir William Drummond Stewart, took a small group of friends fishing and hunting in the Wind River Mountains. Miller recalled the region as a sportsman's paradise, with crystal clear lakes in which trout were so plentiful that they could be caught with pins rather than with fishhooks. This painting was commissioned by William C. Wilson in 1853.
provenance
Commissioned by William C. Wilson, 1853; inherited by Lennox Birkhead and family; William Cushing Whitridge, Baltimore, ca. 1970; Fenn Galleries/J.N. Barfield Art Galleries, New York, by consignment (?); Private collection; Sotheby's, New York, Sale, no. 5787, lot 91, December 1, 1988, by consignment; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Legum (Colwill-McGhee as agent), Baltimore, 1988; given to Walters Art Museum, 1993.
date
1853
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
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cm
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47
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60.9
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H: 18 1/2 x W: 24 in. (47 x 60.9 cm); Framed H: 25 3/4 x W: 32 x D: 3 3/4 in. (65.4 x 81.3 x 9.5 cm)
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oil on canvas
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