Punting on the River, circa 1885

graphite on paper

signed lower left

8.25 × 12.25 in (21.0 × 31.1 cm) (sight)

Auction Estimate:$600 - $800

Sale date:February 15 - March 1, 2022

Price Realized

$600

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Zwicker’s Gallery, Halifax Private Collection, Ontario

Horatio Walker may have executed this drawing while in the Eastern townships of Quebec, as he carefully drew an older couple in the punt, as well as logs and a rustic fence line at lower right.