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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/1260/1269-24.jpg
Title	Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, detail, central figures.
Creator	Bingham, George Caleb (American painter, 1811-1879)
Date	1851 - 1852
Cultural Context	American North American
Theme	Paintings (visual works) Oil paintings (visual works) Detail views History paintings History (discipline) Journeys Travel Landscapes (representations) Mountains Passes (landforms) Wilderness Figurative art Figures (representations) Portraits Group portraits Travelers Pioneers Explorers Men (male humans) Husbands Fathers Women Wives Mothers Adults Spouses Families Parents Daughters Front views Sitting Riding (traveling) Horseback riding Costume (mode of fashion) Drapery (representations) Coats (garments) Belts (costume accessories) Shoulder straps (object components) Shirts Shawls Bonnets (hats) Hats Headgear Rifles (long guns) Long guns Firearms Weapons Axes (tools) Hatchets Horses Riding horses (animals) Animals Domestic animals Bridles
Subject	Paintings Oil paintings Details History Westward movement Discovery & exploration Travel Frontier & pioneer life Landscapes (Representations) Passes (Landforms) Portrait paintings Portraits Group portraits Pioneers Settlers Explorers Men Fathers Women Mothers Spouses Adults Families Sitting Riding Horseback riding Lifting & carrying Clothing & dress Coats Belts (Clothing) Shirts Shawls Bonnets Hats Headgear Beards Mustaches Rifles Firearms Arms & armament Axes Horses Animals Bridles
People Pictured	Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 Boone, Rebecca Bryan, fl. 1755
Location Depicted	Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) Cumberland Mountains Appalachian Mountains Allegheny Mountains Wilderness Road
Material	Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas
Measurements	36 1/2 x 50 1/4 in
Technique	Oil painting (technique) Painting (image-making)
Work Type	Paintings Oil paintings History paintings Details
Repository	Washington University in St. Louis, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (St. Louis, Missouri)
Source	Lubin, David M. Picturing a Nation: Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century America. New Haven: Yale UP, 1994. (p.[54], detail of fig.34, p.56)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Lubin courtesy: Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis. Gift of Nathaniel Phillips.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1269-24.jpg
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