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Capturing the Old West

Frederic Remington (1861-1909) to Owen Wister
Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
to Owen Wister
, ca. January 1895
Ink on paper, illustrated letter
with sketches by Remington
Manuscript Division
Gift of Frances Kemble
Wister Stokes, 1952 (179.7)

Two champions of the old West share their common interest in this illustrated letter from sculptor, illustrator, and painter Frederic Remington to writer Owen Wister. Both originally Easterners, the two men had met in 1893 when Wister went to Wyoming for his health. In this letter to his new friend, Remington muses about the instability of his paintings, which may fade in time "like pale molasses," but he suggests that his new work in bronze--"a cowboy on a bucking broncho"--will "rattle down through all the ages."

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