The Kidder murder – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Kidder murder, an antique engraving rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Kidder murder
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Few images in Custer's *My Life on the Plains* are as grim as this one, which shows the killing of Lieutenant Lyman Kidder, a young cavalry officer who was attacked by Sioux warriors in the summer of 1867 while carrying dispatches across the Plains. Alfred R. Waud, a prolific illustrator for *Harper's Weekly*, drew the scene, and J.P. Davis turned his drawing into an engraving for the 1874 book. The record's caption tracings give the year as 1868, a date the catalog itself marks as unverified, but the incident belongs to the 1867 fighting along the Platte.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Subjects | Engraving by J.P. Davis after drawing by Alfred R. Waud. Illus. in: George Armstrong Custer, My Life on the Plains, 1874, between pp. 76 and 77. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Indians--Sioux; Indians--Attacks & Mass.--1868; B.I. (Custer & Kidder). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 948 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140164 |
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