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Source Description
One of Miller's early sketches prepared for the Scottish adventurer and aristocrat Sir William Drummond Stewart, this picture has its origin in a drawing the artist made of Black Harris, a trapper, and his brother escaping from the Blackfeet. Miller noted that Harris "always created a sensation at the camp fire" with his dramatic story of the escape. Here Miller depicted Stewart in Harris' place. As Miller noted, stories such as this made a "prime after dinner story for England."
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Document identity
localId
19824
label
Escaping from a War Party
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
19824
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Escaping from a War Party
description
One of Miller's early sketches prepared for the Scottish adventurer and aristocrat Sir William Drummond Stewart, this picture has its origin in a drawing the artist made of Black Harris, a trapper, and his brother escaping from the Blackfeet. Miller noted that Harris "always created a sensation at the camp fire" with his dramatic story of the escape. Here Miller depicted Stewart in Harris' place. As Miller noted, stories such as this made a "prime after dinner story for England."
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1837
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
drawings (visual works)
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
15.7
height
23.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 3/16 x W: 9 1/4 in. (15.72 x 23.5 cm)
Source extras
med
pen and ink with brown wash on paper
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4486
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EAN
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2160
2161
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2167
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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da34fa1e23fddabb
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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f1038b1ef23cbd3b
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no
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no