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Title
Men on horses engaged in battle
Additional title: The battle between Mahtoree and Hard Heart.
Names
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 (Artist)
Sealey & Smith (Engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Indians -- North America -- Plains -- 1800s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1855 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor-P 18
Topics
Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Indians of North America -- Men -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Horses -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Indian weapons -- 1800-1899
Campaigns & battles -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Warriors
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Leatherstocking tales
Genres
Illustrations
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "A series of masterly and rapid evolutions with the horses now commenced. The wheelings, the charges, the advances and the circuitous retreats, were like the flights of circling swallows." "The Prairie, page 416."
Content: Illustration from Cooper's novel "Prairie," last of the "Leatherstocking tales."
Physical Description
Steel engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 16 x 13 cm. (6 1/4 x 5 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17620573
Barcode: 33333159347661
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f3ce6cd0-c554-012f-31ff-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1822: Creator Born
  • 1855: Issued
  • 1888: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Men on horses engaged in battle" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Men on horses engaged in battle" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1855). Men on horses engaged in battle Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Men on horses engaged in battle