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Shoshone Indian Hunters
Shoshone Indian Hunters
Shoshone Indian Hunters

Shoshone Indian Hunters

Artist (American, 1810 - 1874)
Date1837
Mediumwatercolor with pen and ink on paper
Dimensions5 1/8 x 5 inches (13 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.34.45
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionSketch of two Indians on reverse.
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. 338 no. 408 | 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)
On View
Not on view
Indians Pursuing an Elk
Alfred Jacob Miller
1837
Shoshone Caressing his Horse
Alfred Jacob Miller
1837 or after
Chase by Pawnee Indians
Alfred Jacob Miller
1837
Chase by Pawnee Indians
Alfred Jacob Miller
Indian Guide, Trying the Ford
Alfred Jacob Miller
1837
Buffalo Hunting
Alfred Jacob Miller
c. 1837
Lake in Wind River Mountains
Alfred Jacob Miller
after 1837
Clouds of Dust
Alfred Jacob Miller
1837
Hunters Approaching Buffalo
Alfred Jacob Miller
after 1837
Striking Back, Coming to the Rescue
Alfred Jacob Miller
1837 or after
Oregon Lake by Moonlight
Alfred Jacob Miller
1837