Fort Union, Mouth of the Yellowstone River, 2000 Miles above St. Louis
1832
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.5 × 36.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-140358
“The American Fur Company have erected here for their protection against the savages, a very substantial Fort, 300 feet square, with bastions armed with ordnance; and our approach to it under the continued roar of cannon for half an hour, and the shrill yells of the half-affrighted savages who lined the shores, presented a scene of the most thrilling and picturesque appearance . . . The Fort . . …
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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