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In the Tops of the Mountains: James and Mary Laird

Robert Adamson (1962– )

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United States
ca. 2009
Oil on canvas board

"This multipanel painting is a tribute to my wife’s ancestors—James and Mary Laird. They came across the plains in the Willie handcart company; James was Captain Willie’s assistant. The larger painting shows Mount Olympus near where James and Mary settled after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley. A section of their farm, located in Parley’s Canyon east of the Salt Lake Valley, can be seen in a smaller panel. Also represented in the smaller panels are the members of the Laird family pulling their handcart across the plains and portraits of James and Mary."