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John Mix Stanley, Osage Scalp Dance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Misses Henry · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
John Mix Stanley

Osage Scalp Dance

1845

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
103.5 × 153.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-128262

Melodramatic tales of scalping were popular in Europe and the United States throughout the nineteenth century. John Mix Stanley’s operatic scene shows a villain wielding a war club over a desperate woman's head. A hero who wears a presidential peace medal blocks the club with his spear. By the time Stanley painted this canvas, the government had already begun to subdue native peoples by relocatin…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Misses Henry

Registry history

  • 1845 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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