April 12, 2019 Gold Rush, Western, & Native American, Las Vegas
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/12/2019
Circa 1856, hand-colored color stone lithograph of A. F. Tait's "The Pursuit." This lithograph was drawn from an 1855 oil painting by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait. It was one of a number of Western scenes published by Currier & Ives in the mid to late nineteenth century when American's were fascinated with the Westward Expansion. Scene conveys a sense of great urgency as it depicts a mounted wounded Indian warrior holding a lance and fleeing a buckskin clad frontier scout, also mounted, firing at him with a pistol. Plate legend on bottom margin bearing title has only the lightest toning consistent with age. Colors are crisp and un-faded. One of the finest examples of this print that we have seen.
Condition: (Very Good).
Item Dimensions: Sight: 20-1/2" x 27". Framed: 40" x 33".