LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE. : THE TRAPPERS DEFENCE "FIRE FIGHT FIRE."

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Arthur Tait


Life on the Prairie. : The Trappers Defence "Fire fight Fire."

Two-color lithograph with handcoloring, 1862
Large folio - image size 18 7/16 x 27 3/16" (469 x 691 mm).
Good condition and color.
LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 29617
Price: $9,500.00
Publisher : New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St.
New Best Fifty #24.

A dramatic scene of trappers lighting a back fire in hope of staving off a larger fire. In the background right is a stampede of buffalo or bison fleeing the fire.
Currier & Ives , Western And Indians

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