| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas, lined |
| Size: | 20 x 36 in (51 x 91 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "T. Hill." |
| Verso: | said to have been "Evening Mt. Ranier W.T." prior to relining |
| Provenance: | In Goupils collection, New York City. In collection of the Eno Foundation, Westport, Connecticut. With Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, 25 April 1980. |
| Reproductions: | 25 April 1980 sale catalog 4365, lot 144 |
| Attribution: | William K. Dick offers the opinion that this painting may be by Schafer, and reports a similar opinion from John Garzoli [William K. Dick notes, page 62]. |
| Description: | A party consisting of four Indians and a dog sits and stands around a fire on the wide right bank of a river which flows gently from the center to the left front. Farther down the bank, second and third parties sit around campfires; in the distance is a fourth. On the far bank are more Indians, including one mounted on a white horse, holding a spear, at the water's edge. Two tall trees stand at the right edge, leaning slightly, penetrating the sky above the forest. In the distance a snow-capped mountain peak stands silhouetted against the sky above serveral indistinct ranges of foothills. Driftwood logs lie on the right bank in the foreground. (From a monochrome photograph in the sale catalog.) |
| Note: | The letters "W.T." of the inscription appear to be an abbreviation for "Washington Territory", which suggests that the painting was probably executed before November 1889, when Washington became a state. |
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