Details
Title Austin, John, Mrs.
Alternate title Mrs. Austin and the bear.
Publisher [Boston : s.n.]
Date [1856?]
Physical description 1 print : engraving ; 10.6 x 14.7 cm.
Description Full-length portrait of the frontier wife, kneeling behind a fence with a rifle aimed at a bear in her dooryard; a pig runs away from them. According to the text, the rifle failed to discharge, which was fortuitous because a wounded bear would have been even more dangerous; the bear returned to the woods. Possibly Isabella W. Austin (1826-1901), of Geneva, Ohio.
Notes In Chapin, J.R. The historical picture gallery (Boston, 1856), p. 359.
Genre Portrait prints -- 1850-1859.
Engravings -- 1850-1859.
Subject Austin, John, Mrs -- Portraits.
Women.