The drawings, which Hutton prepared in 1859 and 1860 while with William Raynolds' expedition, consist largely of landscape scenes throughout Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, including Bear Butte, the Bighorn River and Mountain Range, the Little Missouri River, the Powder River, the Teton Range, the Wind River, and various locations in the Yellowstone River Valley. Of the sixteen sketches Hutton prepared, five are pencil on paper and measure 7 x 16 cm., and ten are pen-and-ink on paper and measure 14 x 22 cm. There is one drawing not from the expedition and it is of Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica. It was probably drawn in 1847, and has on its verso: 'W R Hutton' and a New York City address. Also included is a copy print of a daguerreotype of James D. Hutton, dated 1847 (FAC 1402). James D. Hutton, artist, photographer, topographer, and younger brother of the notable topographical artist William Rich Hutton, was born in Washington, D.C., around 1828. When James' uncle, William Rich, was assigned duty in California as a U.S. Army Paymaster, both James and his brother William went with him. After traveling through Central and South America, they arrived in San Francisco in April 1847. James was the artist for the 1855 expedition of Lt. R. S. Williamson and Lt. Henry L. Abbott to find a route for a railroad from San Francisco to the Columbia River, as well as Capt. William Raynolds' exploration of the Yellowstone River Valley in 1859-1860. Hutton joined the Confederate Army in 1861 and saw action at the Battle of Pilot Knob. After the Civil War, he moved to Mexico where he died in 1868.
Extent
17 pieces (11 ink and pencil drawings, 5 pencil drawings, and 1 copy print of a daguerreotype)
Artists--United States Bear Butte (S.D. : Mountain)--Pictorial works Bighorn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.)--Pictorial works Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.)--Pictorial works Costa Rica--Pictorial works Hutton, James D Little Missouri River (Wyo.-N.D.)--Pictorial works Missouri River--Pictorial works.--Pictorial works Powder River (Wyo. and Mont.)--Pictorial works Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)--Pictorial works United States--Discovery and exploration West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration West (U.S.)--Drawings Wind River (Wyo. : River)--Pictorial works Wyoming--Pictorial works Yellowstone River Valley.--Pictorial works Drawings--United States--19th century. (aat)
Source
Drawings of James D. Hutton, 1847-1860 Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Gift from the Friends of the Huntington Library, 7/24/40.
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