Heres Hoping the Worst End of Your Trail Is behind You

Artist Charles Marion Russell (American, 1864 - 1926)

Correspondent Nancy Cooper Russell (American, 1878 - 1940)

Recipient John Young-Hunter (Scottish, 1874 - 1955)

Date1926

Mediumprinted, hand-colored with watercolor on paperboard

Dimensions8 1/8 × 11 1/8 inches (20.6 × 28.3 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.106.30.A

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts

Label TextThis was Charles Russell’s final Christmas card. He prepared this message to send to his friends at the holiday season. He did not, however, live to send it out. He wrote the hope that “sickness nor sorrow don’t find you” as he struggled with a terminal diagnosis. On October 24, 1926, Russell died of congestive heart failure. His widow Nancy Russell sent the card with a small printed note mentioning the many messages of sympathy sent to her and their son Jack. Many people have sorrows at the usually joyful holiday time; what are some of the ways to cope?

ProvenanceNancy Russell; gifted 1926 to John and Mary Young-Hunter; gifted November 18, 1959 to H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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