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Video \(\PageIndex{12}\): Peter Frederick Rothermel, De Soto Raising the Cross on the Banks of the Mississippi, 1851, oil on canvas, 101.6 x 127 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, funds provided by the Henry C. Gibson Fund and Mrs. Elliott R. Detchon, 1987.31), a Seeing America video Speakers: Dr. Anna O. Marley, Curator of Historical American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Dr. Steven Zucker
Additional Resources
This painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Historic rotunda paintings, Architect of the Capitol
History of Hernando de Soto’s expedition, Chickasaw Nation
Excavation, de Soto’s cross(?), Arkansas Archaeological Survey
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