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Dimensions: 24 by 16 in.
(61 by 40.6 cm)
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Provenance: Private Collection, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1906 (probably acquired from the artist)
By descent to the present owners
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Exhibited: Chicago, Illinois, The Art Institute of Chicago (no. 34); Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art (no. 26); Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum (no. 26); Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Art Museum (no. 25); Indianapolis, Indiana, Herron Art Institute (no. 25); Green Bay, Wisconsin, Kellogg Public Library (no. 34), Howard Pyle, December 1903-May 1904
Boston, Massachusetts, The Saint Botolph Club, Exhibition of Works of Howard Pyle, February-March 1906, no. 37 (as The Cabin of the Adventurers)
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Literature: Adele Marie Shaw, "The First Self-Made American," Everybody's Magazine, June 1902, illustrated (as "Why, what is this, whence came this?")
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Notes: This painting retains its original frame by Foster Brothers Makers, Boston, Massachusetts.
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