Mount Hood from The Dalles / John Stanley
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1940.426
- Title
- Mount Hood from The Dalles
- Artist
- John Stanley
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1814-1872
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1871
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Inscription
- Inscribed: l.l.: J.M. Stanley / 1871.
- Dimensions
- 157.48 cm x 245.11 cm (62 in. x 96 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Landscape painting with white mountain peak in center background, body of water in foreground, and a Native American encampment to left.
- Subject Matter
- Painted from The Dalles, an area known as the end of the Oregon Trail along the Columbia River, this view of Mount Hood, the surrounding Oregon landscape, and a Native American encampment is a composite picture, painted from memory with the aid of sketches and daguerreotypes.
- Stanley was a largely self-taught artist who developed his style, reminiscent of the Hudson River School of painters, as a staff artist for expeditions to the West in the 1840 and 50s.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- bodies of water
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- bodies of water by size
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- demountable buildings
- descriptors
- geography
- houses
- inorganic material
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by composition
- natural landscapes
- people and culture
- plants
- portable buildings
- riverine bodies
- settlements and landscapes
- single built works
- single built works by design
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- tents
- the americas
- the natural world
- waterscapes
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 5121 x 3121
- File Size
- 534 KB
- Record
- 1940.426
- Link to this Item
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"Mount Hood from The Dalles; John Stanley." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1940.426/1940.426.stdrez.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.