The Last of Their Race
Artist
John Mix Stanley
(American, 1814 - 1872)
Date1857
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions35 1/8 x 52 1/8 inches (89.2 x 132.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.23.10
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextMany Euro-Americans in the nineteenth century believed that the Indian was a vanishing race. Stanley painted an allegory of this idea. He depicted representatives of different Indian tribes and of diverse ages from infant to old age, all at the brink of the ocean with the sun setting in the distance.
ProvenancePurchased February 4, 1958 through (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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