"FISHING THROUGH THE ICE ON THE HUDSON/ FOR TOM COD"

pencil/ink wash sketch

Pencil and ink wash sketch on page from disassembled sketchbook, 1986.122.1-29, by Milton J. Burns (1853-1933). View of sketch 18, "FISHING THROUGH THE ICE ON THE HUDSON/ FOR TOM COD". Two men, two children, and two sleds on ice are seen. Embossed by previous owner in lower right in MJB signature "Burns". See limited edition "Milton J. Burns, 1854-1933, Fishing, Twenty-Five Wash Drawings from His Sketch Book", published by Sanford & Patricia Smith Galleries, Ltd., NY, 1984.