A color print of three White frontiersmen battling the flames of a wildfire as their horses buck wildly and pull at their reins.

Life on the Prairie. The Trapper's Defence [sic] "Fire Fight Fire".

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905)

Date

1862
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Published by Currier & Ives
Dimensions

Image: 18 3/8 x 27 3/16 in.
Sheet: 21 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: PAINTED BY A.F. TAIT.
l.c.: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1862, BY CURRIER & IVES, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. \ LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE. \ The Trapper's defence [sic] 'Fire fight Fire'.
l.r.: LITH. CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.
Credit Line

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

1971.58
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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