Steel engraving, 577 x 756 mm sheet.  Some soiling, a few short tears to blank margin. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 484). 

FIRST PRINTING of this western print, which was later followed by a Currier & Ives knock-off. The original painting from which the print was made was included in the exhibit “Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney” at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (13 May 2006-14 August 2006). "This is an engraved reproduction of Ranney’s famous oil painting...by the same title that was based on a sketch made by the artist while he served in the Army of the Republic of Texas.... It is a scene, probably inspired by the story of mountain man Joe Meek, who used his last shot to defend himself against attacking Indians" (Kelsey, Engraved Prints of Texas, 1554-1900, p.74).