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Campfire / Preparing the Evening Meal, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Miller, Alfred Jacob 1810-1874  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Gilcrease Museum 1400 North Gilcrease Museum Road Tulsa Oklahoma 74127-2100 Accession Number: 0236.1033
Notes:
Troccoli, Joan Carpenter, "Alfred Jacob Miller: Watercolors of the American West from the Collection of the Gilcrease Museum," Tulsa, OK: Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association, 1990, no. 35.
Tyler, Ron, ed., "Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist of the Oregon Trail," Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1982, no. 94.
Summary:
Evening scene depicting Native Americans and a trapper seated around a glowing campfire.
Topic:
Landscape--Time--Evening  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Hunter--Trapper  Search this
Architecture--Other--Campsite  Search this
Occupation--Domestic--Cooking  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Eating & Drinking  Search this
Control number:
IAP 43590588
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_412658