The Trapper's Cabin

John Mix Stanley

National Gallery of Art

In this painting, three men are depicted in a rustic interior space. A man on the far left faces away from us, sitting on the ground and leaning against a wooden block or stool. He wears a gray hat and a brown vest, and a vivid blue blanket is wrapped around him. He is looking up at a man standing upright near the center of the painting. This man is holding a rifle, the bottom of which rests against the ground. This man has light skin with red cheeks, a long, straight nose, and a dark mustache and beard. His dark hair is hidden by a gray hat, and he wears a light gray coat over a darker gray tunic, with a bright red shirt poking out around his neck. He wears black pants with brown slippers and bright red socks. A white-and-brown dog sits next to his feet. The man on the right is kneeling, and gesturing towards a deer with sizable antlers that lays on the ground. This man has light skin, red cheeks, a light brown beard and mustache, and he looks up at the men across from him. He wears a brown jacket with tassels over a light blue shirt and has a bright red cloth wrapped around his waist over brown pants, as well as a red hat with a brown fur border. The room's walls are painted in shades of dark gray, brown, and yellow ochre, and various tools and leather saddles hang on them. The floor in front of the men is scattered with hunting-related items, such as metal tools and the bodies of small birds.