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Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg.
Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg. Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg. Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg. Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg. Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg. Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg. Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg.
The Last War-Whoop!17 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.(43.82 x 62.23 cm) lithograph
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Currier & Ives, who described their company as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Prints," became an iconic American art institution publishing at least 7,500 prints over 72 years of operation. In 1834, the firm published two or three images each week for 64 years producing more than one million hand-color lithographs. They employed some of the most celebrated artists in America, including George Inness, Eastman Johnson early on, and Louis Mauer, known for his genre scenes. Renowned artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, usually hired for sporting scenes, supplied the artwork for The Last War-Whoop! Printed in 1856, it is among the firm's earliest Native American narratives and is the companion work to The Pursuit, showing the conclusion of a dramatic chase. A Native American warrior has been shot and knocked from his horse. He looks to his victor, a mounted frontiersman shot with an arrow that has pierced his leg.
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