George Catlin Cheyenne Brothers Returning from the Fall Hunt Art Print
Brandywine General Store
$10.99
An archival premium quality art print of Cheyenne Brothers Returning from the Fall Hunt by George Catlin, painted in oil on card between 1861 and 1869. The work is now held in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., acquired from the Paul Mellon collection.
The scene is haunting and historically charged: Cheyenne braves returning from the hunt come upon a campsite where a massacre has taken place. Skulls lie scattered on the ground, buzzards circle overhead, and wild animals still feed at the site. In the foreground sits a barrel bearing the mark of a fur trading company — a stark symbol of the collision between Native life and the encroaching frontier economy.
Reference: Wild West Art #20
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