A color print of a White man on the grassy ground holding a gun and shooting toward an Indigenous man holding an axe.

The Last Shot.

Louis Maurer (1832-1932)

Date

1858
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Printed by Currier & Ives

Published by Currier & Ives
Dimensions

Image: 17 3/8 x 25 3/8 in.
Sheet: 22 x 29 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: L. MAURER, DEL.
l.c.: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1858, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DIST. OF N.Y. \ THE LAST SHOT. \ NEW YORK, PUB[D]. BY CURRIER & IVES, N[o]. 152 NASSAU STREET.
l.r.: LITH. BY CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1970.221
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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