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The Trapper and his Family
Charles Deas (American, 1818–1867)
1840–67
Medium/Technique
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.0 x 49.5 cm (13 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.412
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 252, color pl. VI
DescriptionTraveling with his wife, children, dog and cooking utensils, a bearded trapper steering his canoe past hight bank through shallow water; youth poling with fish spear in bow.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA April 14, 1960