The Challenge by John Mix Stanley (1870)

Oval painting of mounted warriors with lances and rifles riding through tall grass at sunset beside a stream.

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An oval painting shows several mounted figures in feathered headdresses carrying lances and rifles, riding through tall prairie grass beside a small stream. The sky glows orange at the horizon, fading to dark green above. The work is titled The Challenge, by John Mix Stanley, dated 1870.

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Date

1870

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