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After A Storm On The Lee Shore

1869
oil on canvas
37 3/4 x 60 in.

D. Wigmore Fine Art

New York, NY

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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.
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Berniah Willet

ca. 1853
oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 26 3/4 in. (86.8 x 67.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Black Knife, An Apache Warrior

1846
oil on canvas
42 1/2 x 52 in. (107.8 x 132.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Buffalo Hunt On The Southwestern Prairies

1845
oil on canvas
40 1/2 x 60 3/4 in. (102.9 x 154.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Chinook Burial Grounds

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

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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Emeline Willet

ca. 1853
oil on canvas
34 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (86.7 x 68.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Gambling For The Buck

1867
oil on canvas
20 x 15 7/8 inches (50.8 x 40.3 cm)

Stark Museum of Art

Orange, TX

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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...
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Indian Telegraph

1860
oil on canvas
20 x 15 1/2 in. (50.8 x 39.37 cm) Framed: 27 3/8 x 23 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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International Indian Council (Held At Tallequah, Indian Territory, In 1843)

1843
oil on canvas
40 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. (102.8 x 80.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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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...
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Kidnapped

ca. 1853
oil on canvas
30 x 42 in. (76.2 x 106.7 cm)

Denver Art Museum

Denver, CO

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