[Watercolor painting of Fort Saint Michael, Alaska].

Description

Title: [Watercolor painting of Fort Saint Michael, Alaska].
Creator: Whymper, Frederick, artist
Published / Created: [circa 1865-1866]
Publication Place: Alaska
Abstract: Watercolor painting that likely depicts Fort Saint Michael on Saint Michael Island, Alaska, circa 1865-1866. The image shows the fortified settlement on a hill above the seashore with a Russian flag flying over it as well as a Russian Orthodox Church and other wooden structures nearby. The painting also includes a canoe with three passengers in the foreground approaching the seashore, which has two boats and a burning camp fire
Description: Frederick Whymper (1838-1901) was a British artist and explorer. He served on the 1864 Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition initiated by Governor of Vancouver Island, Arthur Edward Kennedy (1809-1883), and the Western Union Telegraph Co.'s expedition to Alaska and Siberia.
Fort Saint Michael, also known as Redoubt Saint Michael or Mikhailovski Redoubt, was a stockade blockhouse operated by the Russian-American Company on Saint Michael Island, Alaska, from 1833 to 1867.
Title devised by cataloger.
Signed by the artist in the right lower corner.
Provenance: Purchased from Wayfarer's Bookshop on the William Robertson Coe Fund No. 3, 2016.
Extent: 1 painting : 238 x 331 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Pictorial works
Watercolors (paintings)
Material: watercolor ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Alaska
Saint Michael
Saint Michael (Alaska)
Subject (Name): Whymper, Frederick.
Orthodox Eastern Church
Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
Subject (Topic): Canoes and canoeing
Subjects: Whymper, Frederick
Orthodox Eastern Church > Alaska > Saint Michael > Pictorial works
Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡ > Pictorial works
Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ > Pictorial works
Canoes and canoeing > Alaska > Saint Michael > Pictorial works
Alaska > Pictorial works
Saint Michael (Alaska) > Pictorial works

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Citation: Frederick Whymper, Watercolor Painting of Fort Saint Michael, Alaska. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.