1473
On the River Trail
FES Title: On the river trail / and the bones of the dead man rattled as the two men rode along the river trail.
Alternate Titles: Two Mounties Riding Through the Woods; Night Patrol; Canadian Mounties
Date: 07/10/1926
Size: 34″H x 27″W
Medium: oil-cotton-canvas
Type: illustration
Published: Erskine, Laurie York. “The Man Who Disappeared.” The American Boy, November 1926: 17.
caption: Late that evening the two policemen set forth on horseback.
Inscription: lr: F.E. Schoonover / ’26
Annotations: en verso on stretcher: Illustration from “The Man Who Disappeared” 1473 July 1926 B.
Exhibitions:
Comments: relined; TP9/18/02; form 9/18/02; index; edit;
Commentary: This image was used on the interpretive sign for Mill Hill Historic Park in Norwalk, Connecticut. It was installed by the Historical Society of Norwalk in Norwalk, Connecticut, in April 2017.
Provenance: Given by the artist to the Wilmington Academy (later known as The Christina Community Center), Wilmington, Delaware (1932); Illustration House, New York (November 4, 2000); Collection of Richard M. Scott, Rehoboth, Delaware; private collection (April 2014)