Solomon Nunes Carvalho, the artist for John C. Frémont’s fifth Western expedition, became ill in February 1854 and remained in Utah to recuperate. While in Utah, he painted portraits of a number of leading citizens, including one of his favorite subjects, the actress Mary Ann Broomhead Wheelock. Carvalho told about meeting the Wheelock family at a ball. At the appointed hour I made my appearance, chaperoned by Gov. Young, who gave me a gen...
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