Painter:

Ranney, William Tylee 1813-1857  Search this

Subject:

Boone, Daniel  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Anschutz Collection Denver Colorado 80202

Date:

1849

Notes:

Cunningham, Elizabeth, The Anschutz Collection, 1987.

Cunningham, Elizabeth, "Masterpieces of the American West: Selections from the Anschutz Collection," Denver, CO: A. B. Hirschfeld Press, 1983, no. 7.

Pennington, Estill Curtis, "Kentucky: The Master Painters from the Frontier Era to the Great Depression," Paris, KY: Cane Ridge Publishing House, 2008, pg. 86.

Summary:

View looking toward a group of pioneer men gathered around Daniel Boone standing atop a plateau, with his right arm extended, pointing out over the valley below. The men are dressed in fringed buckskin jackets and tall boots, and each figure carries a knapsack and a long rifle.

Topic:

Landscape--Kentucky  Search this

Figure group--Male  Search this

Portrait male--Full length  Search this

Occupation--Other--Pioneer  Search this

Object--Weapon--Gun  Search this

Animal--Dog  Search this

Control number:

IAP 68040002

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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