ALS, two pages (displayed overlapping), 4.5 x 9.5, personal letterhead, no date but circa 1902. Letter to Richard M. Fewkes, in part: "In re-?Hands Off? picture?it represents an Alaska miner who is hauling ?grub? and is beset by starving indians that are pillaging his sled; a frequent happening and not confined to indians either. Glad to hear of my old friend the mounted policeman?that was a long time ago it seems now. Give him my best regards and say that I have finished riding; a year ago a big horse fell on a brick pavement, scared by auto and mashed my leg up badly." Matted and framed with an image of 'Hands Off' to an overall size of 11 x 20. In very good to fine condition, with torn upper right blank corner and thin area of paper loss along the right edge. 'Hands Off' is one of Remington's most well-known works in black and white. Painted in 1902, it was one of four commissioned from the artist by the Smith & Wesson Company. The images were used as advertisements in 1902 and 1903 to promote Smith & Wesson's augmented revolver, the .38 Military & Police model, best known as the Model 10, pictured in the miner's right hand, aimed at the Indians.
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