Jim Bridger, in a Suit of English Armor

Artist
Alfred Jacob Miller
Date
Unknown
Catalogue Number
269
Medium
Pen and ink and wash on paper
Inscriptions

LC on mat: Capt Bridger, a celebrated Leader or Bourgeois / in the Rocky mountains, was a great favorite of Sir Wm Stewart / who imported a full suit of English armor & presented it to / Bridger, who donned it on all special occasions & rode / so accoutered at the head of his men.

Dimensions
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 (14.6 x 19.7 cm)
Accession Number
1988.10.28A

The artist; by descent to Louisa Whyte Norton; [Old Print Shop, New York, NY, 1947]; The Porter Collection; Mae Reed Porter, Kansas City, MO; [M. Knoedler and Company, New York, NY]; InterNorth Art Foundation, Omaha, NE; present owner