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Title: The Rocky Mountains
Creator: Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902), German, artist Smillie, James David (1833-1909), American, engraver
Date Created and/or Issued: c1866
Publication Information: Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 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 based on trip Bierstadt made to west with Fitz Hugh Ludlow in 1863 .
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): ABierstadt, 1863; (LL): Painted by A. Bierstadt; (LC, above title): Entered... 1866 by Edward Bierstadt... New York; (LR): Engraved by J. Smillie. Reproduction of Bierstadt's The Rocky Mountains, Landers Peak (1863, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Type: image
Format: Print on paper: engraving 54 x 79.7 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2v19p1vr
BANC PIC 1963.002:0853--D
Subject: Dwellings
Indians of North America
Manners & customs
Montana
Mountains
Settlements
Wyoming

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