Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone, (2. november 1734 i Birdsboro, Pennsylvania – 26. september 1820), var en amerikansk pioner og nybygger.
Boone var leder af en patrulje, der i 1775 skulle finde vej gennem Cumberland Gap i Appalacherne fra det østlige Virginia til Kentucky og banede således vej for den første migration af nybyggere vest om denne bjergkæde.
Boone blev tilfangetaget af indianere og blev adopteret som en søn af Shawnee-høvdingen Blackfish, inden han senere vendte tilbage til bosættelserne i Kentucky.
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Daniel Boone leder nybyggere gennem Cumberland Gap. Historisk maleri.
Daniel Boones datter føres bort af indianere. Historik maleri.
Daniel Boone ca 1820.
Eksterne links
- Daniel Boone American Pioneer and Trailblazer Arkiveret 23. september 2005 hos Wayback Machine
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Unfinished portrait of Daniel Boone by Chester Harding 1820.jpg
Oil sketch of Daniel Boone, the only portrait of Boone painted from life. This was painted when Boone was 84 years old, a few months before his death. Harding painted Boone in June 1820 while Boone was living with his daughter Jemima Boone Callaway in Missouri. According to historian Ted Franklin Belue, "from this original oil portrait Harding made three copies: two busts and a full-length." (The Life of Daniel Boone by Lyman Draper, edited by Ted Franklin Belue. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1998, p. 2.)
George Caleb Bingham - Daniel Boone escorting settlers through the Cumberland Gap.jpg
Daniel (1734-1820) and his wife Rebecca travelling westwards to Kentucky;
Boone by Lewis.jpg
"Col. Daniel Boone", engraving by James Otto Lewis, based on a lost 1820 painting by Chester Harding. In 1861, Harding destroyed the original painting, which had been painted on ordinary table oilcloth and was aging poorly, by cutting out the head and putting it on a new canvas. Lewis's engraving is the only remaining version of the original full-length portrait. This engraving accurately depicts Boone's clothing—later depictions often inaccurately put Boone in a coonskin cap.
"Col. Daniel Boone", engraving by James Otto Lewis, based on a lost 1820 painting by Chester Harding. In 1861, Harding destroyed the original painting, which had been painted on ordinary table oilcloth and was aging poorly, by cutting out the head and putting it on a new canvas. Lewis's engraving is the only remaining version of the original full-length portrait. This engraving accurately depicts Boone's clothing—later depictions often inaccurately put Boone in a coonskin cap.