Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Schuyler, Herman, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[The first train]
Date:
[ca. 1880]
Materials:
painting on canvas mounted on board: oil
Dimensions:
71 x 22.3 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1378--FR
Subject:
- Indians of North America
- Railroads
- Westward movement
- Women
- Landscapes
- Oil paintings
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Group of Indians, including two men (one holding rifle) and one woman holding baby in papoose, stand on rocky promontory observing train crossing prairie in distance; Indian encampment with tipis (teepees, tepees) in right middleground.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Supplied title. Signature (LL): Herman Schuyler.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf787010v 0

[The first train]