Minneapolis Institute of Art
View of Fort Snelling
Edward K. Thomas
- Date
- c. 1850
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Although the upper reaches of the Mississippi River were sparsely settled in the 1850s, a surprising number of artists sought out the northern landscapes. Edward Thomas's View of Fort Snelling exemplifies frontier images in which Dakota tipis, houses of the families associated with the American Fur Company, and the military fort exist side by side. Such depictions served as accurate topographical representations and also as visual records of a landscape already in transition. Conservation of this picture was made possible by a generous contribution from Al and Dena Naylor through the Art Champions program. United States, Americas
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