Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) An Indian With the Scalp Lock of His Enemy stamped with artist's thumbprint (lower right)--inscribed '20' (upper left)--inscribed with title (on the original mat) watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper 9 ¼ x 7 ¾ in. (23.5 x 19.7 cm.) Executed circa 1837. Provenance The artist. Sir William Drummond Stewart, Murthly Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, acquired from the above, circa 1839. Frank Nichols, Perthshire, Scotland, by descent. Sale: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-17 June 1871, sold by the above. Bonamy Mansell Power, London. Edward Power, London, by descent, 1900. Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England, by descent. Parke-Bernet, New York, 6 May 1966, lot 51, sold by the above. Private collection, Montana. Christie's, New York, 30 November 1999, lot 42, sold by the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) An Indian With the Scalp Lock of His Enemy stamped with artist's thumbprint (lower right)--inscribed '20' (upper left)--inscribed with title (on the original mat) watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper 9 ¼ x 7 ¾ in. (23.5 x 19.7 cm.) Executed circa 1837. Provenance The artist. Sir William Drummond Stewart, Murthly Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, acquired from the above, circa 1839. Frank Nichols, Perthshire, Scotland, by descent. Sale: Chapman's, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-17 June 1871, sold by the above. Bonamy Mansell Power, London. Edward Power, London, by descent, 1900. Major G.H. Power, Great Yarmouth, England, by descent. Parke-Bernet, New York, 6 May 1966, lot 51, sold by the above. Private collection, Montana. Christie's, New York, 30 November 1999, lot 42, sold by the above. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
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