GOLD RUSH ART BROUGHT TO LIFE
One of the primary goals of the Gold Rush History Alliance was to recreate the Gold Rush era as accurately as possible based on primary sources such as period records, publications, photographs, and paintings. No painting better represents the variety of equipment necessary to the itinerant miner than “The Prospector” by E. H. Martin. With considerable effort and expense I was able to acquire every item pictured in the painting, either as an original antique or an authentically replicated copy. With the permission of the painting’s owner, A. R. Phillips, Jr., I “stepped back in time” and digitally inserted myself into the artist’s concept. Allowing for the “artistic license” employed by Martin (especially in regard to perspective), you are essentially seeing the painting come to life. At GRHA events, the people of California were able to examine The Prospector’s equipment close up, and get a true feel for what it was like to be an itinerant miner in 1850’s California.
--Original courtesy A. R. Phillips, Jr.--Copyright strictly inforced. All rights reserved.--
One of the primary goals of the Gold Rush History Alliance was to recreate the Gold Rush era as accurately as possible based on primary sources such as period records, publications, photographs, and paintings. No painting better represents the variety of equipment necessary to the itinerant miner than “The Prospector” by E. H. Martin. With considerable effort and expense I was able to acquire every item pictured in the painting, either as an original antique or an authentically replicated copy. With the permission of the painting’s owner, A. R. Phillips, Jr., I “stepped back in time” and digitally inserted myself into the artist’s concept. Allowing for the “artistic license” employed by Martin (especially in regard to perspective), you are essentially seeing the painting come to life. At GRHA events, the people of California were able to examine The Prospector’s equipment close up, and get a true feel for what it was like to be an itinerant miner in 1850’s California.
--Original courtesy A. R. Phillips, Jr.--Copyright strictly inforced. All rights reserved.--
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