Joaquin Milller
Date1891
Artist
John Herbert Evelyn Partington
(English painter, 1843–1899)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionsimage: 10 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (27.8 × 24 cm)
sheet: 13 3/16 × 11 in. (33.5 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 13 3/16 × 11 in. (33.5 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-214
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextA colorful character whose occupations included mining-camp cook, judge, horse thief, and Pony Express rider, Miller was nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras" in honor of his book Songs of the Sierras. The book, published in England in 1871, was met with interest by the British press and members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Michael Rossetti.
