Burt's print reproduces the 1850 Ranney painting On the wing, which portrays a duck hunting scene in a marsh; a boy, a dog, and a sportsman, with dead game at his feet; sportsman about to shoot down the next bird; transom of small boat shown in grass to right; line of birds flying above, center left
Description:
BEIN Broadsides Box 2024 35: On sheet 13.7 x 19.0 cm. Handwritten below image: On the wing., Title devised by cataloger., and Another state was issued in 1852 by D. Appleton & Co. in Ornaments of Memory.
Image of a hunter in buckskin clothing sitting atop his horse, who stands in a shallow pond. The hunter holds his rifle and turns to look behind him. At far left in the distance, a Native American is seen on his horse riding through the tall grasses
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 850ra: Imperfect: Faded and heavily foxed. Print is mounted on verso of an advertising placard for "Life likeness of Charley McCarthy to be given away free," cataloged separately. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Trappers, Hunters, Horses, and Indians of North America
