Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Leitch, R. P. (active ca. 1865), artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
The forest on fire
Date:
1865
Materials:
print on paper mounted on board: engraving
Dimensions:
10.4 x 17.4 cm., on mount 18.8 x 27.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0502:04--A
Subject:
- Animals
- Canada
- Expeditions & surveys
- Fires
- Horses
- Engravings
- Illustrations
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Milton and Cheadle beat horse caught in fire (the horse bolted and was saved). Another man (Mr. O'B) sits to side pulling on boots. Plumes of smoke and pockets of fire throughout forest scene.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Title from caption in book. Printed (LR, within image): R.P.L. [monogram for R.P. Leitch]. From publication: The North-West passage by land (London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1865), 225.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf367nb5d n

The forest on fire