Capture & death of sitting bull – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This rare historic print captures Capture & death of sitting bull in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Capture & death of sitting bull
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This print takes its title from the death of Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader who was killed on the Standing Rock Reservation in December 1890 when reservation police tried to arrest him. The arrest came amid federal alarm over the Ghost Dance movement, which many officials feared as a sign of unrest. The record links the image to the Chicago firm Kurz & Allison, known for popular illustrated scenes of the American West, and lists a copyright entry in early January 1891, though that date is unverified. Such prints reached a wide public soon after the events they depicted, shaping how many Americans understood the episode.
| Created / published | c1891 Jan. 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | W657 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kurz & Allison. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,173 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128253 |
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