Peter Quivey and the Mountain Lion, (painting).

Peter Quivey and the Mountain Lion, (painting).

Nahl, Charles Christian, 1818-1878, painter.

Peter Quivey and the Mountain Lion, (painting).

Portrait of Peter Quivey seated in a rustic mountain landscape, his dog by his side, and a dead mountain lion reclining at his feet. In Quivey's right hand is a Bowie knife and in his left hand is a .44 caliber Colt Model Dragoon revolver.

Portrait male -- Quivey, Peter

Animal -- Cougar

Object -- Weapon -- Dagger

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118 Accession Number: 1998.32

Exh. Cat., Charles C. Nahl, Artist of the Gold Rush, E.B. Crocker Gall., Sacramento, Ca., 1976.

Burgard, Timothy Anglin, ed., "Masterworks of American Painting at the de Young," San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2005, pg. 95.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco collection printout, 2007.

Exh. Cat., Charles C. Nahl, Artist of the Gold Rush, E.B. Crocker Gall., Sacramento, Ca., 1976, Fig. 21, P. 59

Burgard, Timothy Anglin, ed., "Masterworks of American Painting at the de Young," San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2005, pg. 95.

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