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Zebulon Pike Exploring the Mississippi River by Sarah Thorp Heald in 1930. Crow Wing County Historical Society. Oil on Canvas.
Zebulon Pike Exploring the Mississippi River by Sarah Thorp Heald in 1930. Crow Wing County Historical Society. Oil on Canvas.
This painting was done for the Washington High School's Graduating Class of 1930. It was hung in the school's library. It depicts Zebulon Pike and a Native American interpreter, along with other men from their crew. The men wear fur caps, a symbol of the ongoing fur trade, and are docking their canoe. Pike wears a fur coat and carries a gun. Pike would likely have traded his military uniform for a buckskin outfit like he wears here to be more suited to the cold midwestern winter.
Portrait of Zebulon Pike, by Charles Willson Peale in 1808. Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia. Oil on Canvas.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Willson-Peale#/media/1/447894/13486
I believe this sketch from the Crow Wing County Historical Society is of Zebulon Pike. Unfortunately, the date is cut off, so we cannot conclude if this sketch was done before or after Heald’s painting of Pike. Either way, this depiction of Pike is interesting because here he is in a military uniform rather than buckskins.
Washington High School, Brainonian, Brainerd, MN: 1932. Crow Wing County Historical Society.
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