CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI ON THE ICE
Artist
C.C.A. CHRISTENSEN
(1831 - 1912)
Datec.1878
CountryUtah, USA
MediumTempera on muslin
Dimensions197.8 × 289.6 cm (77 7/8 × 114") (Image)
Frame: 219.7 × 313.4 cm (86 1/2 × 123 3/8")
Frame: 219.7 × 313.4 cm (86 1/2 × 123 3/8")
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of the grandchildren of C.C.A. Christensen.
Terms
Object number830026605
DescriptionThe image is a landscape in which two long lines of covered wagons come toward the front plane of the composition extending into the distance where a city can be seen; from the city the wagon trains cross a snow covered plain, a densely foliaged area, a frozen river, and up a snow covered hill.On View
On view