Hardcover
1973 · Toronto
by Bell, Michael
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973. Hardcover. G (DJ has moderate edge wear with a few tears, esp. at heel of spine; has former owner info on first flyleaf and spine label on dj; book and interior are otherwise clean.). Dark goldenrod cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket. 176 pp. 41 color repros. Showcases the 41 watercolors owned by the Public Archives of Canada, and rendered by American artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), "the first artist to paint the Rocky Mountains." (dj) Miller traveled with a caravan of fur traders in 1837. His paintings "convey all the sense of adventure, excitement, and wonder of the young artist. Miller captured a way of life beginning its decline and left us a record of a period that has now entered mythology -- the romance of the Great West. (dj).
(Inventory #: 311)