Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Description:
Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874, Shoshoni Indians--Pictorial works, and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871
Subject (Topic):
Dogs in art, Indian women--North America--Pictorial works, and Indians of North America--Pictorial works