Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Yosemite Trail
In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill to preserve the Yosemite Valley as protected wilderness. Yosemite’s grand scenery impressed James David Smillie, who visited the site in 1871. Later describing the excitement of his journey there, he wrote, “every step brought us nearer to a place that hitherto had been to me like some crater in the moon or spot on the sun.”
ArtistJames David Smillie(1833-1909)
Date1872
MediumCharcoal and chalk on paper
Dimensions20 1/8 x 16 in. (51.1 x 40.6 cm)
Signedl.l.: JSmillie Dec. 1872.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.142
ClassificationDrawing
ProvenanceJill Newhouse; (Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, NY); John Driscoll, New York, NY; to (Babcock Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 44× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
