French Creek Canyon Black Hill D T A Watercolor Showing The Sheer Canyon Walls From Top To Bottom

by Lt James E H Foster

$7,500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

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Original watercolor, 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, title, as above, written below the image, inscribed on the verso visible in the frame : To Col. Charles Bird / Adjt. 23rd Infty. / With compliments of / J.E.H. Foster / Lt. 3d Cavalry / Feby 12th 1876. The watercolor itself was probably painted in July, 1875, or soon thereafter given the absence of snow, it was almost certainly accomplished before the 1875-1876 winter set in, i.e., before the 12 February 1876 inscription , when Foster was engaged

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