The Custer fight / C.M. Russell 1903. – Antique Print
(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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A window into the past: The Custer fight / C.M. Russell 1903., preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Custer fight / C.M. Russell 1903.
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Charles M. Russell's 1903 painting of Custer's last fight was reproduced here as a photomechanical print, and this copy was deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office to secure copyright, which is why the Library of Congress holds it. The battle took place along the Little Bighorn River in Montana in June 1876, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and five companies of the 7th Cavalry were overwhelmed by a large force of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors. Russell, a former cowboy who became one of the best-known painters of the American West, returned to the subject often, and his version reflects how the event was pictured in popular imagery of the early 1900s. Reproductions like this one carried such scenes into homes and schools long before the battle was studied in depth.
| Created / published | 1903, c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print. |
| Genre | Art reproductions 1900-1910.Photomechanical prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | G9196 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting. Copyright deposit print. |
| Subjects | Custer, George A. (George Armstrong),--1839-1876. Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876. Indians of North America--War--1870-1880. Campaigns & battles--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,638 × 3,781 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220682 |
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