Sioux Village, Lake Calhoun, near Fort Snelling

1835-1836

Current Collection

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 49.7 × 70 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-137592

“At this place, on the point of land between the Mississippi and the St. Peters rivers, the United States' Government have erected a strong Fort, which has taken the name of Fort Snelling, from the name of a distinguished and most excellent officer of that name, who superintended the building of it. The site of this Fort is one of the most judicious that could have been selected in the country, b…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Registry history

1835-1836 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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