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Source Description
Extracts from Alfred Jacob Miller’s original text, which accompanied his images of Native Americans, are included below for reference. Miller was the only painter to portray during their heyday trappers, the men who "may be said to lead the van in the march of civilization,- from the Canadas in the North to California in the South;- from the Mississippi East to the Pacific West; every river and mountain stream, in all probability, have [sic] been at one time or another visited and inspected by them." Perhaps they numbered no more than a thousand, but their impact was incalculable.Here Miller has pictured two of that company, one of them probably Black Harris.
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Document identity
localId
14146
label
Trappers
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
14146
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Trappers
description
Extracts from Alfred Jacob Miller’s original text, which accompanied his images of Native Americans, are included below for reference. Miller was the only painter to portray during their heyday trappers, the men who "may be said to lead the van in the march of civilization,- from the Canadas in the North to California in the South;- from the Mississippi East to the Pacific West; every river and mountain stream, in all probability, have [sic] been at one time or another visited and inspected by them." Perhaps they numbered no more than a thousand, but their impact was incalculable.Here Miller has pictured two of that company, one of them probably Black Harris.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1858-1860, by commission; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1858-1860
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
30.4
height
24
dimensionsRaw
12 x 9 7/16 in. (30.4 x 24 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor and gouache on paper
creator_ids
4486
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2001
2164
2611
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
85e825998ecc3134