Sandham, Henry--[Hope, Ascott R.]

1) "The Sign of the Cross"; 2) "A March through the Swamps"; 3) "An Alarm - Too Late!"; 4) "Lurking Foemen"; 5) "Sport turned to Earnest"; 6) "A Babe in the Backwoods"; 7) "Voyaging on Fresh Water"; 8) "Carried into Captivity"; 9) "Indian Revelry"; 10) "Fighting the Iroquois Indians"; all 290 by 190mm. (average), ink and watercolour drawings, all signed and mostly dated, mostly mounted or laid-down to card, captioned, some occasional slight soiling

Ascott R. Hope's Adventurers in America is a collection of "narratives of adventure... representing notable phases of American life". In his preface Hope notes that "Indians must figure largely on this stage" and that the book is "a gallery of illustration to American history". The work was published in 1909 by A. & C. Black with illustrations by the distinguished Canadian painter Henry Sandham. The tenth illustration, offered here, appears to be an unpublished variant.