$2,350
George Albert Frost (American, 1843-1907) The Home Stretch /A Dog Sledding Scene Signed and dated "G. A.Frost. 1896." l.l., identified on a presentation plaque. Watercolor with graphite on paper, sight size 12 3/4 x 17 3/8 in. (32.4 x 44.1 cm), framed. Condition: Not examined out of frame. N.B. George Albert Frost was born in Boston and studied at the Royal Academy of Belgium. The Western Union Telegraph expedition of 1865-67 was an ambitious operation to establish a telegraph line from the U.S. to the West Coast of British Columbia and Alaska, to Siberia, and then through Russia to India. Frost accompanied George Kennan on the Siberian detachment of the expedition. Frost made watercolors in Washington Territory and British Columbia before traveling extensively in Eastern Siberia. He provided illustrations for Kennan's Tent Life in Siberia , a description of the trip. Frost again accompanied Kennan to Siberia in 1885 on a trip sponsored by Century Magazine and provided illustrations for the two-volume Siberia and the Exile System .
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-05-16
