Lot Essay
Executed circa 1837.
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Property from the Estate of William B. Ruger
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)
Running a Bank of Elk, Near the Cut Rocks of the Platte
Details
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874)
Running a Bank of Elk, Near the Cut Rocks of the Platte
numbered '30' (upper left)--inscribed with title (upper center)
pencil, pen, and ink with gray wash on paper
6¾ x 10½ in. (17.1 x 26.7 cm.)
Running a Bank of Elk, Near the Cut Rocks of the Platte
numbered '30' (upper left)--inscribed with title (upper center)
pencil, pen, and ink with gray wash on paper
6¾ x 10½ in. (17.1 x 26.7 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, circa 1839.
Frank Nichols.
Sale: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-17 June 1871.
Bonamy Mansell Power.
By descent to Edward Power, 1900.
By descent to Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England.
Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 1966, lot 6.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, circa 1839.
Frank Nichols.
Sale: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-17 June 1871.
Bonamy Mansell Power.
By descent to Edward Power, 1900.
By descent to Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England.
Sotheby's, New York, 6 May 1966, lot 6.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
S. Knox, "83 Drawings from 1837 Trek to Rockies are Auctioned Here", The New York Times, May 7, 1966, p. 28
R.H. Randall, Jr., "Transformations and Imaginary Views by Alfred Jacob Miller," Baltimore Museum of Art Annual III, Part One, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968, pp. 44-45
R. Tyler, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, with a catalogue raisonné by K.D. Reynolds and W.R. Johnston, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, no. 373, p. 321
R.H. Randall, Jr., "Transformations and Imaginary Views by Alfred Jacob Miller," Baltimore Museum of Art Annual III, Part One, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968, pp. 44-45
R. Tyler, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, with a catalogue raisonné by K.D. Reynolds and W.R. Johnston, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, no. 373, p. 321
Exhibited
Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, April 15-24, 1966