Post by Cliff Krainik on Jul 30, 2004 10:26:27 GMT -5
BATTLE OF BAD AXE ANNIVERSARY - August 1-2, 1832
Clarence Dufour Painting and Print.
Clarence Dufour Painting and Print.
"Battle of Bad Axe."
Highly stylized painting by Clarence Dufour, September, 1909.
Oil painting on canvas, 18 by 24 inches, approximately.
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The Clarence Dufour painting was used as the basis for an off-set color print published
in the series "WILD WEST - Picture Card Gum" by Bowman Gum, Inc., 1949.
Card size, 2 1/8 by 2 1/2 inches.
Printed text on reverse of card reads -
Battle of Bad Axe
United States troops, pursuing the Sauk and Fox Indians during the
Black Hawk War (1832), caught up with them on the banks of the
Mississippi just below Bad Axe River. While the troops charged the
Indians from the rear, a steamboat fired cannon at them from the front.
The Indians were defeated. This brought the Black Hawk War to an end.
WILD WEST PICTURE CARD GUM - 1949 Bowman Gum, Inc. Phila., Pa.
Painting and Gum Card from the Black Hawk War Collection, Cliff and Michele Krainik, Warrenton, Virginia.