A pull at the canteen
Signed 'Arizna' and dated 1888, this sketch comes from Frederic Remington's early travels to the American frontier, where he sought to document the gritty reality of cavalry life. We see a weary soldier taking a much-needed swig from his canteen, his horse standing patiently with 'U.S.' stamped on the saddle blanket. Remington wanted to show the West as it actually was—dusty and exhausting—rather than the glamorous version found in dime novels, making this a perfect example of his influential Western Realism.
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