Title:
The Rocky Mountains
Creator/Contributor:
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902), German, artist (artist)
Smillie, James David (1833-1909), American, engraver (engraver)
Date:
c1866
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0853--D
Format:
print on paper: engraving
54 x 79.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Indian encampment near lake with high mountain range (Landers Peak) in distance. Several tipis (teepees, tepees) with Indian
men, women, and children involved in various activities; livestock, dogs, and horses nearby; blankets, saddles, and various
domestic objects throughout camp. Image based on trip Bierstadt made to west with Fitz Hugh Ludlow in 1863 .
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): ABierstadt, 1863; (LL): Painted by A. Bierstadt; (LC, above title): Entered...
1866 by Edward Bierstadt... New York; (LR): Engraved by J. Smillie. Reproduction of Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Landers
Peak (1863, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Subjects:
Dwellings;
Indians of North America;
Manners & customs;
Montana;
Mountains;
Settlements;
Wyoming
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Landscapes