Frederic Remington

Donenfeld Collection, Connecticut, by 1987
By descent from the above to the present owner, 2004

E. Vinton Blake, "A Mediaevael Romance of the 19th Century," Outing, December 1887, p. 211, illustrated
Peter Hassrick and Melissa Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings, vol. I, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, no. 174, p. 104, etching illustrated

Pen and ink on paper laid down on paper board. Work is in generally good condition aside from faint light staining and a few small dots of foxing. On the margins, under the mat, there is residue from previous mounting, losses, and the inscriptions have been cut out of the original sheet and repositioned.
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