A watercolor of a group of Indigenous people on horseback engaged in battle with spears and bows and arrows.

Running Fight Between Crees and Blackfeet, Old Style Warfare

Charles M. Russell (1864-1926)

Date

1895
Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions

13 7/8 x 19 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. signed and dated : C M Russell \ [skull] 1895
Verso:
u.l. in graphite: $15.[oo]. \ 18069 [circled]
u.c. in graphite in artist's hand: Running fight between \ Crees & Blackfeet \ Old Style Warfare
titled u.c. in graphite in artist's hand: Running fight between \ Crees & Blackfeet \ Old Style Warfare
l.c.: 1014 [illeg.]
l.r.: 13 1/2 x 19 1/2" \ 2 1/2 x 2' 8 [squiggle] 4186 #
Collection Name

Amon G. Carter Collection
Credit Line

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

1961.174
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Amon G. Carter Collection

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