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Keywords: Crossing the River Platte by Worthington Whittredge, 1871.jpg Artwork Creator Worthington Whittredge Crossing the River Platte 1871 oil on canvas cm 102 4 153 2 White House Washington D C United States Notes from Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 <br> Crossing the River Platte was painted from sketches made at Denver Colorado It evidently is a mirror-image variant of Crossing the Ford Platte River Colorado The placid appearance of the scene is set by the river which lies across the bottom of the picture Beyond it the Indian encampment is planted snugly among the cluster of trees The flat sweep of the prairie is measured by the sure placement of trees and smaller elements Gradations of the haze-veiled mountains among which Longs Peak is prominent round out the distance but leave the foreground dominant The elegiac mood of the painting may be interpreted as an ironic meditation upon the ideal harmony between the Indian and the land and upon the continuing displacement and restriction of the Native Americans The White House Historical Association PD-art Other versions http //www whitehouseresearch org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset id 42 <gallery> File Budget meeting in the Roosevelt Room February 2009 JPG File Barack Obama meets with healthcare stakeholders 5-11-09 1 jpg File 20061028-1 p102806kh-0033jpg-515h jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 Worthington Whittredge 1871 paintings Landscape paintings of the United States Paintings in the White House Encampments in art Rivers in art Tipis in art Longs Peak Platte River Pawnee Roosevelt Room Landscape paintings with Native Americans
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