Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)

An Indian with the Scalp Lock of His Enemy

Details
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)
Miller, Alfred Jacob
An Indian with the Scalp Lock of His Enemy
stamped with artist's thumbprint (lower right) and numbered '20'(upper left)
watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper
9 x 8 in. (24.1 x 20.3 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, circa 1839.
Frank Nichols.
Sale: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 16-17, 1871.
Bonamy Mansell Power.
Edward Power, 1900.
Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, May 1966, lot 51.
Literature
S. Knox, "83 Drawings from 1837 Trek to Rockies Are Auctioned Here," in New York Times, May 7, 1966, p. 28
R. Tyler, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, no. 394A, p. 331
Exhibited
Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, April 15-24, 1966

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