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Lot Description

Cheyenne Ledger Drawing

third quarter 19th century

plate #51, colorfully drawn battle scene, depicts a warrior with an elaborate shield in one hand and a bow in the other; he wears a single hawk feather and German silver hair drop and is further adorned with a German silver gorget and armbands; he rides his decorated pinto into a line of six soldiers, all firing and missing their target, as can be seen by the mass of bullets behind the warrior; an unknown signature glyph of a colored in horse points towards the warrior's head

(page) 12-1/4 x 7-5/8 inches; (frame) 21-7/8 x 14-7/8 inches

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Property of a Private Collector, Chicago, Illinois

Deaccessioned from the Milwaukee Public Museum in the 1940s

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