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Sketch for the Frontispiece of The California and Oregon Trail [Native American on horseback seen from the side]

Sketch for the Frontispiece of The California and Oregon Trail [Native American on horseback seen from the side] Drawings
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Drawings by Felix Octavius Carr Darley, circa 1849

19.5 cm x 13.5 cm

Black and gray wash with graphite on paper

From the Francis Parkman papers


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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

In his 1849 book The California and Oregon Trail, historian Francis Parkman described his trip through the High Plains, including encounters with Native Americans "in their primitive state." F. O. C. Darley's studies of Native Americans on horseback served as the basis for his frontispiece to Parkman's book.