{"product_id":"karl-bodmer-1809-1893-pehriska-ruhpa-moennitarri-warrior-in-the-costume-of-the-dog-danse-tab-28-23-state-2-copy","title":"MILLER, Alfred Jacob (1857-1926) Lake in the Wind River Mountains c 1837","description":"\u003cp\u003eMILLER, Alfred Jacob (1857-1926)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLake in the Wind River Mountains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiller \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(lower left)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGouache, watercolor and pencil on paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 ⅛ by 12 ⅞ in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExecuted c. 1837.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"355\"\u003eThe present work was likely executed in 1837 on a trip to the Rocky Mountain West that Miller took with his friend, Sir William Drummond Stewart, a Scottish soldier and sportsman. This was one of several watercolors that Miller produced depicting the stunning landscapes he witnessed during his pivotal trip, the only time in his life he ever went West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"1454\"\u003e“The tourist who journeys to Europe in search of a new sensation, but by this time find that his vocation is nearly gone. Italy and its wonders have been described so often that they begin to pale. Egypt, the River Nile, Cairo, and the pyramids have been ‘done’ to death. Greece and her antiquities are as familiar as household words. What will the enterprising traveller do under these untoward circumstances? Well, here is a new field for him. These mountain Lakes have been waiting for him for thousands of years, and could afford to wait thousands of years longer, for they are now as fresh and beautiful as if just from the hands of the Creator. In all probability, when we saw them not 20 white men had ever stood on their borders, A single Lake and Mont Blanc are the wonders of Europe, but here are mountains and lakes reaching from Tehuantepec to the Frozen Ocean in the North, or upwards of 50 degrees, nearly one seventh part of the globe, ample room and verge enough, one would think, for a legion of tourists.” — A.J. Miller, extracted from “The West of Alfred Jacob Miller” (1837).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arader Galleries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280324714540,"sku":null,"price":125000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1156\/7956\/files\/Miller_LakeintheWindRiverMountains.jpg?v=1771178216","url":"https:\/\/aradernyc.com\/products\/karl-bodmer-1809-1893-pehriska-ruhpa-moennitarri-warrior-in-the-costume-of-the-dog-danse-tab-28-23-state-2-copy","provider":"Arader Galleries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}