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Home > Illustrations > The Orchard Wind Break

The Orchard Wind Break

By Mary Hallock Foote | Created: 1888

The Orchard Wind Break

“Dreamers we are, dreamers we shall always be, and what is folly and vain imaginings to some people is the stuff our daily lives is made of.”

Publication
  • The Century Magazine
Publication Date
  • 1888
Medium
  • Engraving
Support
  • Paper
Illustration Size
  • Unknown

©Public Domain

Mary Hallock Foote’s domestic representations of frontier life presented a more gentle version of the American West than was represented in the art of Frederic Remington. The Orchard Wind Break features an array of lush fruit trees and a graceful woman interacting with a tame fawn. The male view of a wild and more rugged west put forward by Remington, Charles Russell, Henry Farny, and Charles Shreyvogel superceded Foote's quieter imagery and came to dominate the public imagination. 

Genres
  • Magazine
  • Story Illustration
Global Perspectives
  • North America
Related Time Periods
  • Late 19th Century Late 19th Century

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