Title:
[Mount Rainier from Steilacoom, Washington Territory, July 16, 1855]
Creator/Contributor:
McMurtrie, William Birch (1816-1872), American, artist (artist)
Date:
1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1300:23--ALB
Format:
drawing on paper: pencil
18.1 x 27.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Small settlement of houses in wooded clearing; Mount Rainer in distance; open wagon pulled by four horses races through encampment.
Possibly Fort Steilacoom.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LL): Mt Rainier - from Steilaco[o]m - W[ashington] T[erritory]/ July 16, 1855. Signature (LR): Wm. McMurtrie.
Subjects:
Military facilities;
Mountains;
Northwest, Pacific;
Settlements;
Washington (State)
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes;
Travel sketches