Sweeney, J. Gray - The Columbus of the Woods: Daniel Boone and the Typology of Manifest Destiny

St. Louis, MO, Washington University Gallery of Art, 1992. Softcover. Wraps. 83 pp. 51 bw, 5 color plates. Extensive essays by J. Gray Sweeney. Examines several aspects of Boone as represented through several 19th century American artists (John Filson, Thomas Cole, William Ranney, George Caleb Bingham, Carl Wimar, and Emanuel Leutze). Endnotes, extensive bibliography, and checklist of the 28 works in this exhibition. Published to accompany the exhibition, held in St. Louis, MO: Washington University Gallery of Art, 1992. VG, small label on upper cover .

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