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| Keywords: Alfred Jacob Miller - Interior of Fort Laramie - Walters 371940150.jpg In the spring of 1837 Miller accompanied the Scottish adventurer Captain William Drummond Stewart died 1871 to the fur traders' rendezvous held that year on the Green River in western Wyoming At these gatherings trappers and Indians sold their furs and replenished supplies for the following winter Miller subsequently used the sketches drawn on the trail as the basis for oil paintings for Stewart's ancestral estate Murthly Castle in Perthshire Scotland After returning to Baltimore in 1842 he continued to replicate his sketches in oils and watercolors for American clients In this scene Miller has provided the only visual record of the first Fort Laramie erected in 1834 Located in eastern Wyoming the fort marked the beginning of what would later become the Oregon Trail the route that was taken by settlers moving west between 1858 1860 watercolor paper cm 29 5 36 accession number 37 1940 150 31458 William T Walters Baltimore 1858-1860 by commission Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Commissioned by William T Walters 1858-1860 Signature Lower left AJMiller; Inscription 12 Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Alfred Jacob Miller Maryland and the West The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Frostburg State University Frostburg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Rockville; Washington College Chestertown 1988 Rendezvous to Roundup The First 100 Years of Art in Wyoming Buffalo Bill Historical Center Cody 1990 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of Native Americans by Alfred Jacob Miller Fort Laramie National Historic Site 19th-century watercolor paintings in the United States Fur fashion in 1859 | ||||
