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John Mix Stanley

15 works

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Family portrait of a seated woman, a standing man, and a young girl in white beside a toy dog, in a draped interior.

The Williamson Family

ca. 1841-42

Painting of Osage warriors dancing with spears and shields while a woman holds a child under a stormy sky.

Osage Scalp Dance

1845

Painting of a mounted hunter with a lance chasing a bison across open plains, other riders and herd in the distance.

Buffalo hunt on the Southwestern plains

1845

Painting of a mounted warrior on a white horse at a cliff edge, with two riders and distant mesas under a cloudy sky.

Black Knife, an Apache Warrior

1846

Painting of a speaker in a red coat addressing a seated crowd of Native American men beneath large trees, 1860.

The Trial of Red Jacket

1860

Oval oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black suit and bow tie, seated in a red chair against a gray background.

Berniah Willet

1850

Painting of a mounted warrior with a black horse raising a feathered lance across a prairie landscape.

Ko-rak-koo-kiss, a Towoccono Warrior

1840

Painting of Osage warriors in feathered headdresses dancing with spears and axes, while a woman in white holds a child under

Osage Scalp Dance

1840

Painting of a large crowd in a timber council shelter with a bark roof, men in red and blue clothing seated on benches.

International Indian Council (Held at Tallequah, Indian Territory, in 1843)

1840

Painting of a mounted rider with a lance chasing a bison across a grassy prairie beneath a stormy sky, with other hunters in

Buffalo Hunt on the Southwestern Prairies

1840

Painting of a mounted Apache warrior on a grey horse on a cliff, with two riders behind and a smoky landscape below.

Black Knife, an Apache Warrior

1840

Two trappers in a wooden cabin with a rifle, a dead deer, ducks, a hunting dog and hanging pelts.

The Trapper's Cabin

1858