Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection

Book Overview

American artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) joined Sir William Drummond Stewart, a Scottish nobleman and adventurer, to chronicle a journey in 1837 to the Rocky Mountains to attend an annual gathering of fur traders. Miller became the first, and perhaps only, artist to paint the legendary fur trade from firsthand knowledge. Thereafter, Miller based his art on the rich experiences from that trip.

Romancing the West presents thirty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615351719
• ISBN13: 9780615351711
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.0" x 9.0"