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Mining in the Boise Basin in the Early Seventies

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Description: Mining in the Boise Basin in the Early Seventies
TitleMining in the Boise Basin in the Early Seventies
Creator nameFavorite Brown, Margaretta
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1870–1880
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions27 × 21 in. (68.6 × 53.3 cm)
LocationIdaho State Historical Society
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsLandscape painting, AmericanGold mines and mining in artWest (U.S.)--In art
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2. Telling Tales on Canvas: Landscapes of Frontier Change
William Cronon
Description: Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts: Transforming Visions of the American West
Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts: Transforming Visions of the American West
Among the most famous images of western American art—so famous that many no doubt regard it as a cliché—is Emanuel Leutze’s mural of migrating pioneers, which decorates the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. An equally famous (and equally...
Author
William Cronon
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1992 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.37-86
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00038.005
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15732&redirecttoanchor=19288
Chapter subject tags:Frontier and pioneer life in artLandscapes in artAmerica--Discovery and exploration--Pictorial worksIndians in artLandscape changes

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LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=14395
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https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02261619
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http://nebraskahistory.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/16F9E5F4-AFFA-445D-9771-322700447955
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