I long ago deleted the original message so I hope my response is not
unrelated but Fort Osage existed from 1808-1819.
Dawn Scher Thomae
Milwaukee Public Museum

Lori Allen wrote:

> John,
> I know of a work depeicting an Osage Indian, but not of the fort
> itself.
> George Caleb Bingham would be an obvious possibility, but that dates
> you
> want are wrong.  Bingham wasn't active until mid-century.  You might
> contact
> Mo Historical Society Library in St. Louis.  They have just about
> anything.
> ;)
> Also, George Caitlin was in St. Louis doing "indian pictures" by about
> 1825.
>   His work tends to be more landscape oriented than Bingham's.
> Several of
> Caitlin's works from that period are in the Smithsonian.  You might
> have to
> do some heavy-duty research to correlate some of his images with the
> Fort
> Osage area. Hope this helps a little.
>
> Lori Allen,
> Grad Student, UMSL
>
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