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Alfred Jacob Miller 1810-1874
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description
- Alfred Jacob Miller
- Reconnoitering
- inscribed 78, u.l.; and titled Reconnoitering on the mount
- watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper
- 6 by 5 in.
- (15.2 by 12.7 cm)
- Executed circa 1837.
Provenance
Sir William Drummond Stewart, circa 1839
Frank Nichols Stewart (sold: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 16-17, 1871)
Bonamy Mansell Power
Edward Power, 1900
Major G. H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England (sold: New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, The Property of Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England, May 1966, lot 78)
Private Collection
Glacier Gallery, Kalispell, Montana
Private Collection
Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Frank Nichols Stewart (sold: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 16-17, 1871)
Bonamy Mansell Power
Edward Power, 1900
Major G. H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England (sold: New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, The Property of Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England, May 1966, lot 78)
Private Collection
Glacier Gallery, Kalispell, Montana
Private Collection
Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, April 1966
Literature
Ron Tyler, Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail, Texas, 1982, p. 334, no. 396
Condition
Very good condition, unframed: mounted on paperboard, some surface dirt.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Captain William Drummond Stewart hired Alfred Jacob Miller as the official artist of his 1837 expedition to the Rocky Mountains that culminated in the annual rendezvous of fur trappers and traders. Miller's first major commission offered him an invaluable opportunity to be the first artist to record the grand caravan to the rendezvous, the mountain trappers and the Indian tribes from the far west and Rocky Mountain regions. This drawing is one of the original eighty-seven Miller executed during the expedition. Reconnoitering was eventually acquired by Bonamy Mansell Power who accompanied Stewart on an 1843 expedition to the Rockies.