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專家說明
The present work depicts Sir William Drummond Stewart and his hunter Antoine Clement pursing a herd of elk near the Green River Valley in Wyoming. Cut Rocks was an important landmark along the Oregon Trail for emigrants making their way towards South Pass, and was the backdrop of the 1837 Green River Rendezvous of fur trappers and traders that Stewart and Miller attended.
The elk is one of the largest species within the deer family and is native to Asia and North America. North American elk can be divided into six subspecies based on their habitat; the present work possibly depicts Manitoban of the northern Great Plains. The artist wrote, "...there is not much use in running the Elk without strategum is used, either in heading them off, forcing them into a river, or waiting at some point hidden, and shooting them as they pass. Their speed outstrips that of the horse." (M. Ross, The West of Alfred Jacob Miller, Norman, Oklahoma, 1951, p. 140)
The elk is one of the largest species within the deer family and is native to Asia and North America. North American elk can be divided into six subspecies based on their habitat; the present work possibly depicts Manitoban of the northern Great Plains. The artist wrote, "...there is not much use in running the Elk without strategum is used, either in heading them off, forcing them into a river, or waiting at some point hidden, and shooting them as they pass. Their speed outstrips that of the horse." (M. Ross, The West of Alfred Jacob Miller, Norman, Oklahoma, 1951, p. 140)