Storm on Wind River Lake, Rocky Mountains
Artist
Alfred Jacob Miller
(American, 1810 - 1874)
Date1837
Mediumoil on paper
Dimensions7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Frame: 15 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (38.7 × 46.4 × 2.9 cm)
Frame: 15 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 1/8 inches (38.7 × 46.4 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.34.37
ClassificationsPaintings
Label Text“The nights on the borders of these Lakes were generally so cold that we were compelled to build a huge fire, wrap ourselves in horse blankets, and place our feet to the fire, – the body of each man forming a radii from a common centre. The sleep under these circumstances was sound and refreshing: –to be sure, sometimes it rained through the night and the blanket was like a sieve – but this did not disturb our repose.” A. J. Miller
ProvenanceCarrie C. Miller, Annapolis, Maryland; (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. 286 no. 250
| 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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