Beautiful Grassy Bluffs, 110 Miles above St. Louis
1832
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.4 × 36.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-134862
“We landed our canoe at the base of a beautiful series of grass-covered bluffs, which, like thousands and thousands of others on the banks of this river, are designated by no name, that I know of; and I therefore introduce them as fair specimens of the grassy bluffs of the Missouri . . . I took my easel, and canvas and brushes, to the top of the bluff, and painted the two views from the same spot…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1832 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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