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Early Painters of the American Indian Exposed
Elmo Scott Watson surveys pioneers like Catlin Stanley Bodmer and Cary, noting their role in documenting native life, art, and landscapes across the trans Mississippi West. He recounts Catlin's journeys, Stanley's brushes, Bodmer’s Missouri portraits, and other artists who captured tribes, forts, and frontier scenes for posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson Boent
United States
George Catlin
Catlin
trans-Mississippi West
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Far West
Washington
Highe
West
Smithsonian Institution
Institution
Smithsonian
John Mix Stanley
Stanley
Prairies
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Canadaigus
N. Y
Detroit
Naples
Chicago
Galena
Timnois
Fort Snelling
Minn
East
Hig
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Cincinnati
Loulaville
Keokuk
Black Hawk
Santa Fe
General Kearney
San Diego
Whitman
Big Wife
San Francisco
New York
Cape Horn
Hawaii
Kamahameha II
Royal Palace
Honolulu
St. Paul
Puget Sound
Smithgonian Institution
Congress
Carl Bodmer
Prince Maximilian of
Uke Catlin
Bodmer
Plains
Missouri
New York City
William de Te Montagne Cary
Missouri River
St. Louia
Ufe