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Ko-rak-koo-kiss, A Towoccono Warrior

1844
oil on canvas
25 x 30 1/4 in. (63.5 x 76.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This highly staged and idealized image shows the warrior posed dramatically on his stallion, which, suspended in the air, looks more like a rocking horse than a live animal.
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Mountain Landscape With Indians

1870/1875
oil on canvas
Canvas: 18 x 30 1/4 in. (45.7 x 76.8 cm) Framed: 29 1/4 x 41 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. ( 74.3 x 104.8 x 8.6 cm)

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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Oregon City On The Willamette River

ca. 1850-1852
oil on canvas
26 1/2 x 40 in.

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Fort Worth, TX

notes
Description: View looking down from a plateau high above the sprawling town of Oregon City along the banks of the Willamette River. In the foreground, a Native American couple stands on a rocky hillside, their attention directed away from the activity taking place in the town below them.
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Osage Scalp Dance

1845
oil on canvas
40 3/4 x 60 1/2 in. (103.5 x 153.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Melodramatic tales of scalping were popular in Europe and the United States throughout the nineteenth century. John Mix Stanley’s operatic scene shows a villain wielding a war club over a desperate woman's head. A hero who wears a presidential peace medal blocks the club with his spear. By the time Stanley painted this canvas, the government had...
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Passing An Obstruction: Mouth Of Might Creek

1846
Oil
9 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (cm. 25.1 x 32.4)

Private collection: Alice Acheson

Washington, D.C.

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Pontiac Chief

Oil
Oval: 13 x 17 in. (cm. 33.0 x 43.2)

Detroit Historical Society, Detroit Historical Museum

Detroit, MI

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Prairie Indian Encampment

c. 1870
oil on canvas
9 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (23.2 x 35.9 cm) Framed: 12 3/8 x 17 3/8 x 1 1/2 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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Return Of The Hunting Party

1855
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 40 inches (71.4 x 101.6 cm)

Stark Museum of Art

Orange, TX

notes
Typically, Stanley portrayed a moment after an event, as is seen in this painting of three Indians who have successfully killed a deer, stopped to rest and are engaged in the rite of smoking Kinnikinnick as a way of giving thanks to the animals they hunt for sustenance.
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The Buffalo Hunt

1855
oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 39 in. (75.6 x 99.1 cm)

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Bentonville, AR

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The Trial Of Red Jacket

1869
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 36 1/8 in. (59.7 x 91.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Red Jacket (1758-1830) was a famous leader of the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Nation. In this ambitious painting, John Mix Stanley showed the chief defending himself against a charge of witchcraft. Under his white robe is the red jacket given to him by a British officer for his help as a messenger during the American Revolution. Stanley trained as a...
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