M. Barbeau, Cornelius Krieghoff Pioneer Painter of North America , Toronto, 1934, pp.81 and 105 (‘ Habitants of Longueuil in Winter – The Gautier Family (1846-1856) … Gautier family in berline: father holding reins, red toque; a boy beside him; Krieghoff with fur cap sitting on front seat facing spectator; Louise and young Emily [the artist’s wife and daughter] on back seat … One of the finest Krieghoff pictures of this type; the best berline group; excellent and lively small portraits.’), illustrated in color opposite p.6. J. Russell Harper, Krieghoff , Toronto, 1979, p.81, p.78, illustrated in color fig.74 (‘Immediately on his arrival in Quebec City, Krieghoff began a series of canvases depicting habitants’ houses with a village and church in the background. He painted a view of a farmstead on the heights overlooking the city itself, and then a second large canvas of a log farmhouse on the Beauport shore … In another fine painting a habitant stops outside a house to give instructions to a hunter with his dog (fig.74). …’ ( loc. cit. )