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Small oil on canvas painting of pioneers and a wagon train descending from hill. Painting is a small study for a larger painting. In foreground, at lower right, two male figures carrying rifles. A wagon train painted in upper right. Wagons are pulled by oxen. Small dog in lower left. Women in Victorian dress, male figures, and horseman, walking near wagons. A seated Native-American figure in upper right. Because painting is a study, figures are painted with little detail. Pencil gridlines drawn onto painting by artist. Painting is housed in ridged gilded wood frame.
Creator: Stone, George M.
Date: 1920
Item Number: 305986
Call Number: 1970.155.2
KSHS Identifier: 1970.155.2
Collections - Museum
Date - 1920s - 1920
Environment - Landscape
Home and Family - Daily life
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Painting
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Transportation - Trails
Type of Material - Art objects - Original art - Paintings
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