Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902), German, artist (based on original by)
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Indian encampment at foot of Big Horn Range, Rocky Mountains, Montana]
Date:
[not before 1863]
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph, color
Dimensions:
55.4 x 88.9 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0769--E
Subject:
- Dwellings
- Indians of North America
- Manners & customs
- Montana
- Mountains
- Settlements
- West (U.S.)
- Wyoming
- Landscapes
- Lithographs, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Indian encampment near lake with high mountain range (Landers Peak) in distance. Several tipis (teepees, tepees) with Indian men, women, and children involved in various activities; livestock, dogs, and horses nearby; blankets, saddles, and various domestic objects throughout camp. Image related to trip Bierstadt made to west with Fitz Hugh Ludlow in 1863 .
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (LC): Indian encampment at foot of Big Horn Range, Rocky M[oun]t[ain]s. Printed (LR, within image): Bierstadt, 1863. Reproduction (printers proof) of Bierstadt's "The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak" (1863, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf9c60123 v

[Indian encampment at foot of Big Horn Range, Rocky Mountains, Montana]