by David L. Witt | Sep 13, 2021 | Seton Essays
The tails and discs of deer by Ernest Thompson Seton (This is an excerpt from Life-Histories of Northern Animals by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published in 1910, Seton chronicled the lives of 60 species in a massive two-volume work including ecological and behavioral...
by David L. Witt | Sep 9, 2021 | Seton Essays
Sketch for Bugling Elk by Ernest Thompson Seton (This is an excerpt from Life-Histories of Northern Animals by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published in 1910, Seton chronicled the lives of 60 species in a massive two-volume work including ecological and behavioral...
by David L. Witt | Aug 13, 2021 | Seton Biography
Seton’s Travels illustration from Life-Histories of Northern Animals Between 1903 and 1907 Seton found himself mired in a controversy not of his own making. John Burroughs began what came to be known as the “Nature Faker” scandal in which he alleged that three writers...
by David L. Witt | Jul 26, 2021 | Seton Artwork
Wolf and Deer, N.D., Oil on canvas, 16 x 22 3/4” (40.5 x 57.6cm), ALL#4027. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), British, Naturalized U.S. Citizen, 1931 The ancient contest between predator and prey plays out in a flash. Wolf and deer focus solely on one another as all...
by David L. Witt | Jul 21, 2021 | Seton Artwork
Fox and Goats, 1881, Oil on canvas, 18 x 14 1/8” (45.7 x 35.6 cm), ALL#4011. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), British, Naturalized U.S. Citizen, 1931 A mother goat wearing a leather collar, backed up against a cliff, defends her two kids against a fox. Camouflaged...
