Frank B Mayer

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With Pen and Pencil on the Frontier in 1851: The Diary and Sketches of Frank Blackwell MayerPaperback, 15 April 1986

With Pen and Pencil on the Frontier in 1851: The Diary and Sketches of Frank Blackwell Mayer
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Part of Series
Borealis Books
Print Length
278 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Date Published
15 Apr 1986
ISBN-10
0873511956
ISBN-13
9780873511957

Description

In 1851 Frank Blackwell Mayer, a talented young artist from Baltimore, traveled to Minnesota Territory to attend the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux between the Dakota Indians and the United States government. "He went," notes Bertha Heilbron in the introduction, "not to participate in the negotiations, but to observe Indian life at first hand and to find subjects for his brush and pencil... With a sure stroke he pictured the scenes and the inhabitants--red and white--of the frontier; with a fluent pen he described all that he saw through the sensitive eye of the artist."

Mayer's diary is a travel narrative, an eyewitness account of a critical treaty signing, and a candid personal view of the development of the artist in mid-nineteenth century America. His words and drawings offer a lively and important resource for historians of art and the frontier, as well as readers of regional history.

This edition includes an additional section of Mayer's diary that was discovered after the book was first published in 1932. Bertha Heilbron's helpful introductions and annotation provide important historical information for both parts oif this valuable document.

Product Details

Author:
Frank B Mayer
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 April 1986
Dimensions:
21.26 x 13.74 x 2.24 cm
ISBN-10:
0873511956
ISBN-13:
9780873511957
Language:
English
Location:
Saint Paul, MN
Pages:
278
Weight:
349.27 gm

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