Digital Collections @ St. Lawrence University

Say Burdick - don't get excited

Say Burdick - don't get excited

Overview

Creator: 
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Subject: 
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909 -- Correspondence
Subject: 
Artists – United States -- Correspondence
Subject: 
Art and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Subject: 
Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909
Source: 
Original letter: ink on paper, 1 p.
Date Original: 
1895 September?
Language: 
English

Transcript

[U-11]
Say Burdick-- dont get excited.
Why dont those d—amateur photo sharps send me some prints of the pictures they took. You tell ‘em they are d—fakers

 

            [Sketch of a man (Burdick) kneeling before a moose, his gun on the ground]

            [Sketch of a man (Burdick) being chased by a bear]

Yours
Frederic Remington

Rights

Rights Management: 
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).

Technical

Digitization Specifications: 
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 7) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital: 
August 22, 2011
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Text

Location

Series: 
7
Box: 
8
Folder: 
U11