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Meeting of Washington Irving and Kit Carson at Arrow Rock Tavern, (painting). Artist:  Blumenschein, Ernest Leonard, 1874-1960, painter. Title:  Meeting of Washington Irving and Kit Carson at Arrow Rock Tavern, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1917-1928. Dimensions:  12 x 6 ft. Description:  This lunette, one of twenty-two along the second floor corridor, depicts Missouri pioneer Kit Carson shaking the hand of Washington Irving who has just stopped at the Arrow Rock Tavern on his famous journey to the West. Kit Carson is accompanied by a female figure and Washington Irving is accompanied by two men. The Arrow Rock Tavern stands along the street behind the group. Subject:  History -- United States -- Missouri Landscape -- Missouri Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Tavern Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Arrow Rock Tavern Portrait male -- Irving, Washington -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Author Portrait male -- Carson, Kit -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Object Type:  Mural Lunette Painting Owner:  Missouri State Capitol, 2nd floor corridor, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 References:  Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed. Illustration:  Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed., (Pickard: Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission: pg. 112). Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 27620056   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 27620056 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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