Keywords: Alfred Jacob Miller - Trappers - Walters 37194029.jpg Miller was the only painter to portray during their heyday the men who may be said to lead the van in the march of civilization - from the Canadas in the North to California in the South;- from the Mississippi East to the Pacific West; every river and mountain stream in all probability have sic been at one time or another visited and inspected by them Perhaps they numbered no more than a thousand but their impact was incalculable Here Miller has pictured two of that company one of them probably Black Harris between 1858 1860 watercolor gouache paper cm 30 4 24 accession number 37 1940 29 14146 William T Walters Baltimore 1858-1860 by commission Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Commissioned by William T Walters 1858-1860 American West Out of Myth into Reality Terra Museum of American Art Chicago; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; Mississippi Museum of Art Jackson 2000-2001 Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Sentimental Journey The Art of Alfred Jacob Miller Amon Carter Museum Fort Worth; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail 19th-century watercolor paintings in the United States Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum Portrait paintings of sitting men |