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R. FARRINGTON ELWELL (1874-1962) Polo players on horseback.
Illustration for an unknown story or article. Oil on canvas, circa 1925. 762x610mm; 30x24 inches. Signed "R. Farrington Elwell" in lower right image.
Elwell was a talented painter of horses who gained much of his early training through his connection with William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, illustrating some of the famous performer's advertising and publicity. He later went on to work for such publications as Harper's, Century Magazine, American Magazine, and The Outing Magazine as well as for pulp magazines such as Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Adventure, West, Short Stories, and Frontier Stories before retiring to Arizona to paint Western landscape scenes.
