Keywords: Alfred Jacob Miller - Scene of Trappers and Indians - Walters 372772.jpg This painting was unknown until offered as a gift and did not appear in the Miller catalogue raisonné compiled by the Walters and the Amon Carter Museum in 1981 In the foreground the woman is cording a bale of dried meat while in the background Captain William Drummond Stewart identified by his broad rimmed hat addresses a male figure It was Miller's practice to repeat his subjects for many clients This work however is almost unique There is a pen- and ink- sketch in a private collection that came assembled for Stewart Otherwise the only other variant is Walters 37 1940 153 What is atypical about this painting is that it is very thinly painted on artist's board rather than canvas Pentimenti in the sky have become visible allowing the viewer to determine how the artist developed the composition Miller has apparently considered inserting a tree as he had in the other Walters watercolor and then rejected the idea Since this painting has not been identified with any listing in the artist's account book it could be an early work dating from before 1842 before 1842 oil on artist's board cm 17 78 30 48 ; framed cm 36 83 48 9 5 72 accession number 37 2772 8583 Louise Lunger Meyers early 20th century by inheritance Bernadette McMenamin and Michele Whelan by inheritance executors of Meyers estate Walters Art Museum Gift of Bernadette McMenamin and Michele Whelan in memory of Louise L Meyers 2006 place of origin USA Walters Art Museum license 2D 19th-century watercolor paintings in the United States Paintings of Native Americans by Alfred Jacob Miller Paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller in the Walters Art Museum |