Lake in Oregon
Artist
Alfred Jacob Miller
(American, 1810 - 1874)
Date1837
Mediumsepia wash with Chinese white on paper
Dimensions5 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches (13.3 x 18.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.34.24
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionThere is a barely visible image on the revere in pencil. Subject of image is unknown.ProvenanceCarrie C. Miller, Annapolis, Maryland [1]; (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York)[2]; purchased February 10, 1958 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
| 1. Reynolds, Karen Dewees. Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail. Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1982. Includes Catalogue Raisonne by Karen Dewees Reynolds & William R. Johnston. p. 279 no. 218
| 2. “We have been some ten or a dozen years amassing the rest of this collection from various individuals who were direct descendents[sic] of the pioneer artist himself.” (excerpt from a letter to HJLS from Charles Eberstadt dated November 26, 1957)
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