Lithograph after the Cassilly Adams painting of 1888 that was copied in paint by F. Otto Becker in 1896 and later made into lithographic prints as an advertising promotion for Anheuser Busch Brewing Association. Print shows Custer, standing, saber raised overhead in his right hand and a pistol held by its barrel in his left, in the battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. In addition to Custer, the painting portrays his brother Thomas Ward Custer, Rain In The Face, William W. Cooke, George W. Yates, Henry Armstrong Reed, William Van W. Reily, and Algernon E. Smith. Below image: some persons in image named or described
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc43 896adb: Imperfect: sheet below image trimmed; wantiing title, imprint, attributions, copyright statement and index; on sheet 61 x 95 cm and mounted on board of same dimensions., Title from caption below image., and Below image, at lower left: Entered according to act of Congress by Adolphus Bush March 30th 1896 in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
Anheuser Busch Brewing Association and Milwaukee Litho. Co.
Subject (Name):
Custer, George A. 1839-1876 (George Armstrong),, Custer, Thomas Ward, 1845-1876, Rain in the Face, approximately 1835-1905, Cooke, William W., -1876, Reed, Henry Armstrong, 1858-1876, Reilly, William V. W., 1853-1876, Smith, A. E. 1842-1876 (Algernon Emory),, Yates, George W., 1843-1876, and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th
Subject (Topic):
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Lakota Indians, Cheyenne Indians, and Arapaho Indians
