Belle Vue, Indian Agency of Major Dougherty, 870 Miles above St. Louis
1832
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.5 × 36.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-136223
“Belle Vue is a lovely scene on the West bank of the river, about nine miles above the mouth of the Platte, and is the agency of Major Dougherty, one of the oldest and most effective agents on our frontiers. This spot is, as I said, lovely in itself; but doubly so to the eye of the weather-beaten voyageur from the sources of the Missouri, who steers his canoe in, to the shore, as I did . . . It w…
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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