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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Rocky Mountain Scene, Wind River Mountains
(18th and 19th Centuries )
At the close of the fur-traders' rendezvous, Miller's patron, the Scottish Sir William Drummond Stewart, took a small group of friends fishing and hunting in the Wind River Mountains. Miller recalled the region as a sportsman's paradise, with crystal clear lakes in which trout were so plentiful that they could be caught with pins rather than with fishhooks.
This painting was commissioned by William C. Wilson in 1853.
Provenance
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Commissioned by William C. Wilson, 1853; inherited by Lennox Birkhead and family; William Cushing Whitridge, Baltimore, ca. 1970; Fenn Galleries/J.N. Barfield Art Galleries, New York, by consignment (?); Private collection; Sotheby's, New York, Sale, no. 5787, lot 91, December 1, 1988, by consignment; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Legum (Colwill-McGhee as agent), Baltimore, 1988; given to Walters Art Museum, 1993.
Exhibitions
| 2000-2007 | Long-term Loan to Mayor's Office. Office of Promotion and the Arts, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 18 1/2 x W: 24 in. (47 x 60.9 cm); Framed H: 25 3/4 x W: 32 x D: 3 3/4 in. (65.4 x 81.3 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Legum, 1993
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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37.2662