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1.
A check : keep your distance!

Creator:
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905, artist
Published / Created:
[1853]
Call Number:
WA Prints +134
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Reproduction of 1852 painting by A.F. Tait that depicts two trappers, men of European descent, and four Native American men fighting on horseback on a plain with tall grass; one of the trappers in center foreground wears a buckskin fringed jacket, aims his rifle; the other trapper driving the pack animals away from the scene. The first trapper is shown with a percussion cap and ball rifle, steer powder horn, and an arrow lodged into his camp blanket. Native American men to right in middle ground are armed with bows and arrows. Top half of image is sky
Alternative Title:
Keep your distance
Description:
Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by N. Currier, in the Clerk’s Office of the District-Court of the Southern District of N.Y. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by N. Currier
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Wars
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A check : keep your distance!

2.
A parley : prepared for an emergency

Creator:
Cameron, John, approximately 1828- artist
Published / Created:
[1868]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc10 856ca
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Print by John Cameron depicts, in the left foreground, two trappers with horses and pack animals waiting and watching on guard; in the middle ground, a trapper and a Native American ride toward each other to talk; in the background, more Native Americans on horseback in the distance; mountains and sky in the top half of the image
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image: Entered by act of Congress A.D. 1868 by Currier & Ives, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of N.Y.
Publisher:
Published by Currier & Ives
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and Great Plains
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Warfare, and Trappers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A parley : prepared for an emergency

3.
Buffalo hunt, chase

Creator:
Catlin, George, 1796-1872, artist
Published / Created:
[1845?]
Call Number:
WA Prints +52
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three mounted American Indian men use arrows and spears to hunt a herd of buffalo near the base of a rounded hill, with the animals fleeing in two opposite directions
Alternative Title:
Buffalo hunt, chase. No. 6
Description:
Title from caption below image. and This image constitutes plate no. 6 of "Catlin's North American Indian portfolio," published in New York by James Ackerman in 1845, but this print lacks the "no. 6" that appears just above the title on the plate in the portfolio.
Publisher:
Published at James Ackerman's lithographic rooms 304 Broadway, N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Buffalo hunt, chase

4.
Fight to the finish

Creator:
Schreyvogel, Charles, 1861-1912, artist
Published / Created:
[1912?]
Call Number:
WA Prints +216
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "Fight to the finish." Depicts a scene of Native Americans on horseback. Two in close combat foregrounded. Others in background
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +216: Blind stamped in lower left corner: Copyright 1912 by Chs. Schreyvogel., Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., and In lower right corner of print, signed: Chas Schreyvogel copyright 1912.
Publisher:
Moffat, Yard and Company?
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and War
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fight to the finish

5.
Going for reinforcements

Creator:
Schreyvogel, Charles, 1861-1912, artist
Published / Created:
[1906?]
Call Number:
WA prints +214
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "Going for reinforcements." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops in the west in which two soldiers are galloping on horses away from Native Americans who are in pursuit
Description:
BEIN WA Print +214: In lower left corner of print, blind stamped: Copyright 1901 by Chs. Schreyvogel., Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., and Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York.
Publisher:
Moffat, Yard and Company?
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and War
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Going for reinforcements

6.
Herd on the move

Creator:
Hays, William Jacob, 1830-1875, artist
Published / Created:
[1862]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc10 866ha
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Print depicts a herd of bison on the Great Plains; several bison face the viewer in the foreground; grassland swells into low hills in middle-and back-ground; filled with bison; the top half of the image is sky
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 862ha: State before title and imprint letters., Title and imprint from caption on another state of this print., Within image in lower left, signed: W.J. Hays, 1861., and Below image: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862, by W.J. Hays in the clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York
Publisher:
Goupil & Co. and Printed by Endicott & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Plains and West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Herd on the move

7.
How kola

Creator:
Schreyvogel, Charles, 1861-1912, artist
Published / Created:
[1906?]
Call Number:
WA Prints +212
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "How kola." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops. Troupers riding directly at viewer with a fallen Native American and horse about to be trampled by trouper on horseback in the foreground
Description:
Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York., and In hand at bottom left corner of print: Copyright 1901 by Chas Schreyvogel.
Publisher:
Moffat, Yard and Company?
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and War
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > How kola

8.
In the canyon

Creator:
Schreyvogel, Charles, 1861-1912, artist
Published / Created:
[1912?]
Call Number:
WA Prints +217
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Reproduction of a Charles Schreyvogel oil painting. Depicts a two troopers in a narrow canyon; one on horseback, the other unmounted; pistols drawn, looking back at approaching riders
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +217: Blind stamped in lower left corner: Copyright 1912 by Chs. Schreyvogel., Title devised by cataloger., and In lower right corner of print: Chas Schreyvogel copyright 1912.
Publisher:
Moffat, Yard and Company?
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and War
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > In the canyon

9.
Life on the prairie : the buffalo hunt

Creator:
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905, artist
Published / Created:
[1862]
Call Number:
BrSides Zc10 862taz 01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print reproduces a painting by A.F. Tait that depicts three men on horseback hunting buffalo with long guns. Signed within image: A.F. Tait
Description:
Title from printed caption below the image. and Below image: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Currier & Ives, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
Publisher:
Published by Currier & Ives
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and Great Plains
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Life on the prairie : the buffalo hunt

10.
Life on the prairie : the trapper's defence [sic], "Fire fight fire"

Creator:
Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905, artist
Published / Created:
c1862.
Call Number:
BrSides Zc10 862ta
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print reproduces a painting by A.F. Tait that depicts three trappers (with their horses) fighting a prairie fire. One man works to calm the horses while the others build a backfire to prevent the fire from burning out of control. In the background, a herd of bison stampedes away from the oncoming flames
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 862ta: On sheet 56.2 x 76.3, mounted on board of same dimensions., Title from printed caption below image., and Text below image: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Currier & Ives in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Lith. Currier & Ives, N.Y.
Publisher:
Currier & Ives
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) and West United States.
Subject (Topic):
Trappers and Grassland fires
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Life on the prairie : the trapper's defence [sic], "Fire fight fire"