Seth Eastman was an artist and West Point graduate who served in the U.S. Army, first as a mapmaker and illustrator. He had two tours at Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory; during the second, extended tour he was commanding officer of the fort. During these years, he painted many studies of Native American life. He was notable for the quality of his hundreds of illustrations for Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's six-volume study on the history of Indian tribes of the United States, commissioned by the U.S. Congress.
Eastman, c. 1860
Painting of Fort Knox, Maine.
Grave of Eastman at Oak Hill Cemetery
Seth Eastman on Dighton Rock (c. 1853)
Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. The military site was initially named Fort Saint Anthony, but it was renamed Fort Snelling once its construction was completed in 1825.
Fort Snelling's round tower
Camp New Hope 1819
Fort Snelling by Colonel Seth Eastman
Inlaid Pipe Bowl with Two Faces collected at Fort Snelling 1833–36