JOSEPH PREACHING TO THE INDIANS
Artist
C.C.A. CHRISTENSEN
(1831 - 1912)
Datec.1878
CountryUtah, USA
MediumTempera on muslin
Dimensions194.3 x 286.4 cm (76 1/2 x 112 3/4") (Image)
Frame: 222.3 x 316.9 cm (87 1/2 x 124 3/4")
Frame: 222.3 x 316.9 cm (87 1/2 x 124 3/4")
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of the grandchildren of C.C.A. Christensen.
Terms
Object number830026611
DescriptionThe image is a landscape setting for a large group of Native American figures that begin in the lower left and fill the left middle ground; teepees can be seen behind. In the lower right a smaller group of figures, clothed in the contemporary dress of the mid-nineteenth century, face the Native American figures; the figure in front has his right arm raised in animation, in his left hand he holds a book.On View
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