- Date:
- 1851
- Original Format:
- Painting
- Item#:
- 1870.0178
"Daniel Boone Escorting Pioneers"
This is a painting by George Caleb Bingham depicting Daniel Boone leading frontier settlers. Although the work is fictional it is symbolic of Boone's blazing of the Wilderness Road that served as the primary route of westward migration for U.S. pioneers.