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| Keywords: Alfred Jacob Miller - Cavalcade - Walters 371940199.jpg After everyone had arrived at the rendezvous the Snake Indians led by Chief Ma-wo-ma staged a grand entry in honor of Captain Stewart Some of the dresses were magnificent Miller wrote as he recalled the parade and although vermillion was worth four dollars per oz a lavish use of that article was exhibited on their bodies and faces Miller's friend the missionary William H Gray was otherwise impressed noting that some of the marchers were naked or hardly clothed at all Miller worked his sketches into a large oil version of this scene now in the collection of the Oklahoma Historical Society after he returned to Baltimore in 1839 He shipped it to New York for exhibition and transport to Liverpool It was shown at the Apollo Gallery as a sequel to his spring and summer exhibition that had already been shipped to Murthly This small watercolor was a part of the commission that Miller received from William T Walters between 1858 1860 watercolor paper cm 27 6 38 accession number 37 1940 199 36752 William T Walters Baltimore 1858-1860 by commission Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Commissioned by William T Walters 1858-1860 Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Alfred Jacob Miller Maryland and the West The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Frostburg State University Frostburg; Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Rockville; Washington College Chestertown 1988 Alfred Jacob Miller and the Western Indians The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D Alfred Jacob Miller An Artist on the Oregon Trail Paintings of Native Americans by Alfred Jacob Miller Horse riding in paintings Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum 19th-century watercolor paintings in the United States Paiute Shoshoni Oregon Trail Parades in art | ||||
