D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Two hunters in canoe, dog swimming alongside. Hunter at front of canoe readies to shoot a buck rising out of water and headed into woods along shore.
Artist Arthur Tait produced a series of prints for Currier & Ives that documented the transformation of hunting into the sport of gentlemen, complete with new, luxurious trappings. American Hunting Scenes. “A Good Chance,” shows two hunters in a canoe, one paddling while the other fires his rifle at a moose on shore. The scene is set in the Adirondack Mountains.
- Object Creator
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Currier & Ives (American, 1834-1907)
- Object Creation Date
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1863
- Medium
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Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions
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30 x 21 3/4 inches
- Credit
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Gift of Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert supplemented with Museum Acquistions Funds
- Accession Number
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2004.D03.552
- On View?
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No
- Image Request
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Request Image for Reproduction
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