Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
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Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
Subject (Name):
Dakota Indians--Pictorial works, Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874, and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 1796-1871