and Perkins responded with descriptions of the four paintings by the artist in his collection
other pictures created in the first years of the century are also known
the one that seemed to me preferable and the most expeditious
to the Nebraska Territory
One is in the library of Sr
PERSAC, Marie Adrien (French-American, 1823-1873). Clifty Creek Canyon, Indiana. Maps of Europe and Perkins responded with descriptionsPERSAC, Marie Adrien (French American, 1823 1873) [Clifty Creek Canyon, Indiana] Gouache on paper Signed lower right: A. Persac Inscribed: Etas Unis 9 1 4 x 5 3 4 sheet 12 1 2 x 9 framed Marie Adrien Persac (1823 1873) was a photographer, architect, artist, and civil engineer. Born in Lyons, France, he came to the United States to hunt buffalo and settled in Indiana to cultivate apple orchards. Its not clear what brought Adrien down south to