MILLER, Alfred Jacob (1857-1926) Rocky Formations near the Nebraska or Platte River

MILLER, Alfred Jacob (1857-1926) Rocky Formations near the Nebraska or Platte RiverMILLER, Alfred Jacob (1857 1926) Rocky Formations near the Nebraska or Platte River Titled (upper right); inscribed (upper left) Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island Gouache, watercolor, pencil and ink on paper 7 by 11 in. This scene, given its imprecise description as taking place near the Nebraska or Platte River, was likely created by memory years after his momentous journey west in 1837. Though Miller

the stately walk then degenerates into a clumsy sort of hopping canter

and he therefore instructed his valuators (at its maximum his staff numbered well over a hundred) in the making of geological observations

While the map does not depict the slave trade explicitly

He demonstrated how the globe could be projected on a plane surface

by the use of his musket

London: Bowles

Nicholas helped his mother run the business until 1687

with the exception of possible trips to Spain

Provenance: Commissioned directly from the artist by Walter Congreve Esq

The exhibition itself spurred further development in the South Kensington area

a reminder of Hokkaido’s notoriously cold climate

reflecting the increasing need for organized communication in an expanding and modernizing state