Dr. William Brodie advised his son and ETS to keep a daily journal on their travels. Seton took the advice to heart, keeping his for over 65 years!
ETS advised others, “Write of each event on the day that it happened. Do not trust your memory. Let every page have a place and date in full.”
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Seton’s first trip to London started in August 1879 on his way to enroll in Art School after winning highest honors in Toronto. He started classes at the Royal Academy of Art in 1881, but didn’t stay as long as expected due to illness.
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ETS met Daniel Carter Beard at the Art Student’s League in New York in 1884. This began a close, tumultuous relationship that lasted their lifetime.
Details can be found in their respective autobiographies. (But don’t be surprised to find varying perspectives.)
Prospective students to Art schools in London gathered at the British Museum where they created their entries for consideration by admissions officials. Seton submitted his first effort in 1879 and his second in 1880.
The model for Seton’s exquisite “Sleeping Wolf” lived at Jardin des Plantes Menagrie or Paris Zoo.
The painting hangs in the Seton Gallery at the Academy for the Love of Learning, Seton Village, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Joseph Logan Thompson moved his family to Canada and homesteaded near Lindsay, Ontario in 1866.
The bill presented to Ernest by his father was $537.50 (CAD), which seems a small amount, but today the equivalent value is over $12,000 (CAD)!
Today, $12,000 (CAD) is equal to $9,463 (USD).
The story about the demise of a wolf hunter in the Pyrenees (South of France) appeared in a French newspaper.
Seton pounced on the idea for his next work. The painting caused controversy not only because of the content, but also Seton’s chosen title “Triumph of the Wolves”. He was convinced to change the title to “Awaited in Vain”.
The 121.92 cm by 213.36 cm (4 ft by 7 ft) painting hangs at the National Scouting Museum on Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, New Mexico.
The question “In what US State did Lobo live?
The answer: Lobo terrorized ranches in northeastern New Mexico between 1889 and January 1894. New Mexico became a US state in 1912. The story, based on a true experience, is found in the book Wild Animals I have Known.
Ernest’s father handed Ernest a bill detailing the entire amount of money spent on raising him. Ernest had paid no interest on these expenses to this point; however, now his father would charge 6% interest until the debt was paid off.