Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Cooper, J., engraver
Creator Name:
Leitch, R. P. (active ca. 1865), undetermined
Creator Name:
Wilson, J. H. (active ca. 1865), undetermined
Creator Role:
engraver
Creator Role:
undetermined
Title:
The Assiniboine [Indian] rescue Bucephalus [horse]
Date:
1865
Materials:
print on paper mounted on board: engraving
Dimensions:
10.5 x 17.3 cm., on mount 18.8 x 27.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0502:12--A
Subject:
- Canada
- Expeditions & surveys
- Horses
- Indians of North America
- Rivers
- Engravings
- Illustrations
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Two pack horses caught in flooded river, as Indian wades through torrents attempting to rescue them. The second horse (named Gisquakarn or 'The Fool') was eventually lost; Bucephalus survived.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Title from caption in book. Printed (LL, within image): J.H. Wilson et R.P. Leitch; (LR, within image): J. Cooper, sc. From publication: The North-West passage by land (London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1865), pg. 259.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf658010k w

The Assiniboine [Indian] rescue Bucephalus [horse]