Oil on canvas, signed at lower left, presented in the likely original frame.

Stretcher size 14 x 20 in.; Frame dimensions 22 x 27 1/2 in.

De Lancey Gill was born in Camden, South Carolina. Beginning in the 1880s, he trained as a draftsman with the Supervising Architect of the U.S. Capitol. While in Washington, D.C., he was introduced to William Henry Holmes and recommended for a position at the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology. He worked for the bureau for almost six decades, eventually serving as director of the Division of Illustration. Gill later taught at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and the Art Students League in New York.

Seven small adhesive spots to verso to strengthen weak areas on canvas; no evidence of restoration visible under UV light.