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Reproduced in Recreation, 1898, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Image: Reproduced in Recreation, 1898, Courtesy Hathi Trust
And There Sat Bill with His Back against a Tree
Reproduced in Recreation, 1898, Courtesy Hathi Trust

And There Sat Bill with His Back against a Tree

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1898
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0105
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Keyword
Subject
Categorydomestic/human/cowboy
Illustration
T. R. Waite. “Surly Bill.” Recreation 9, no. 1 (July 1898), illustrated p. 20.
DescriptionAn injured man sits with his back against a tree as a child comforts him, and three men, two with horses, look on. Four men, one girl and two horses depicted.Bibliography