Image of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana during the Great Sioux War of 1876 between Plains Indian tribes and the United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment under General George Custer; bodies of dead and wounded litter the ground while intense fighting continues with swords, guns, spear, and other weapons; Indians are pictured killing wounded soldiers or scalping bodies; more Indians on horseback race across the plains to join the battle in the background; military medal, bugle, sabers, and flags grouped in lower left margin; man on horseback near a monument in lower right margin; text key in bottom margin indicates figures such as "half breed" and "Cheyenne warrior" as well as specific U.S. soldiers, including General Custer. "The Milwaukee Litho. Co."--text, bottom right margin. "O. Becker"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image. "Entered according to Act of Congress by Adolphus Busch March 30th 1896 in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C."--text, bottom left margin. "The Original Painting has been Presented to The Seventh Regiment U.S. Cavalry by Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, [St. Louis, MO. U.S.A.]"--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.52 x 106.68 cm (30 1/8 x 42 in.)
Advertising--Beer Advertising--Beverages Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Pictorial works Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 7th--Pictorial works Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size Other Military The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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