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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
