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![]() | After A Storm On The Lee Shore 1869 D. Wigmore Fine Art New York, NY | ![]() Description: A ship with her storm sails set is at the center of the composition. A long line of cliffs with mountains in the distance take up the right side of the composition. The shoreline shows remnants of other shipwrecks. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Berniah Willet ca. 1853 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Black Knife, An Apache Warrior 1846 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Buffalo Hunt On The Southwestern Prairies 1845 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Chinook Burial Grounds c. 1870 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Emeline Willet ca. 1853 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Gambling For The Buck 1867 Stark Museum of Art Orange, TX | ![]() This highly detailed representation of a card game, whose winner will take home the dead buck in the foreground, reveals John Mix Stanley's interest in photography. This scene of everyday life is orchestrated to provide variety in costume and an almost archaeological accounting of artifacts. The elevated, stage like platform and the hanging skins... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Indian Telegraph 1860 Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | International Indian Council (Held At Tallequah, Indian Territory, In 1843) 1843 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States government moved tribes from the Southeast to Indian Territory, which later became Oklahoma and Kansas. In 1843, Cherokee principal chief John Ross called a meeting of the tribes at Tallequah (also spelled Tahlequah) to “renew their ancient customs, and to revive their ancient alliances.” Hundreds... | Unrated | Anonymous |
Kidnapped ca. 1853 Denver Art Museum Denver, CO | Unrated | Anonymous |
- John Mix Stanley