Frederic Remington
The Frontier Trooper's Thanatopsis

The Frontier Trooper's Thanatopsis

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ArtistAmerican, 1861–1909
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Frontier Trooper's Thanatopsis
  • from Harper's Weekly, Vol. XXXIII, No.1686, April 13, 1889, cover
Date1889
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsImage: 11 3/8 × 8 13/16 in. (29 × 22.4 cm)
 Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 1/4 in. (41.8 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey
Object number91.1430.127
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"A Man's World: Sportsmen and Soldiers in Illustrations by Frederic Remington," Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, January 16–March 26, 2002; Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, April 9, 2002–June 12, 2003.

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