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Western Landscape

c. 1847/1849
oil on canvas, mounted on Masonite
18 1/2 x 30 in. (47.0 x 76.2 cm) Frame: 26 3/4 x 38 3/4 x 3 3/4 in

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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View Of Mt. Graham

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

Private collection: Alice Acheson

Washington, D.C.

notes
Mount Graham is a mountain in southeastern Arizona in the United States, in the Coronado National Forest. It is the highest mountain in the Pinaleno Mountains.
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View In The Sierra Mimbres

1847
oil on academy board
9.875 x 12.75 inches

Stark Museum of Art

Orange, TX

notes
This mini-exhibit explores landscape imagery resulting from the United States War with Mexico of 1846-1848. Sketches in oil and illustrations in rare books document additions to the United States territory. One surveyor wrote that peculiarities of the arid plains and deserts seem to “fit them for the habits of the camel.”
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Valley Of The Mimbres

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

Private collection: Alice Acheson

Washington, D.C.

notes
The Mimbres Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in southwestern New Mexico near the towns of Deming and Silver City.
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The Williamson Family

ca. 1841–42
oil on canvas
27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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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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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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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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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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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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