Defense Date

1988

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Art History

First Advisor

Richard Flint

Abstract

American artist Henry Cheever Pratt (1803-1880) was a member of the 1851 Mexican Boundary Commission, an expedition charged with surveying and recording the boundary between the United States and Mexico. This thesis examines the art work Pratt produced for the Commission, and addresses the issue of the omission of most of his work from the Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, Sonora, and Chihuahua 1850-1853, the official published record of the trip.

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

1-31-2025

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