“The Great Explorers VI – La Vérendrye” by Frederic Remington. Frontispiece in Collier’s Magazine, March 17, 1906.
“M. de la Vérendrye, a fur trader, traveled westward and finally penetrated with a Crow Indian war party in the winter time to within sight of the Big Horn Mountains in 1743.” [Text accompanying the illustration]
This painting was produced by Remington in 1906 during his multiyear contract with Collier's, under which he would produce a painting that would be used as a monthly full-color centerfold or frontispiece for the magazine. His contract extended to his death in late 1909 and included some of his most famous paintings.
“The Great Explorers VI – La Vérendrye” by Frederic Remington. Frontispiece in Collier’s Magazine, March 17, 1906.
“M. de la Vérendrye, a fur trader, traveled westward and finally penetrated with a Crow Indian war party in the winter time to within sight of the Big Horn Mountains in 1743.” [Text accompanying the illustration]
This painting was produced by Remington in 1906 during his multiyear contract with Collier's, under which he would produce a painting that would be used as a monthly full-color centerfold or frontispiece for the magazine. His contract extended to his death in late 1909 and included some of his most famous paintings.