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Cassilly Adams Native American Indian Painting

Watercolor on Paper. 17 1/4" by 21 3/8" framed. Provenance: Woodrow Wilson Fine Arts Inc. from the estate of Thomas Adams (the artist's son). Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. Cassilly Adams (1843 - 1921) was active/lived in Indiana, Ohio. Cassilly Adams is known for Genre, historical-west, Indian portrait. A painter of western frontier life, Cassily Adams is best remembered for his epic work, Custer's Last Fight, 9 and 1/2 feet by 16 feet, 5 inches, and completed in 1885. The copyright to this particular painting was obtained by the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Company, which made and circulated thousands of reproductions. Because Adams did most of his work for book publishers who did not credit him, he was a relatively unknown artist during his lifetime. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and was a descendant of American founding father, John Adams. He studied at the Boston Academy of Arts with Thomas Noble and later at the Cincinnati Art School. During the Civil War, he was in the army and was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg. In the 1870s, he moved to St. Louis where he worked for an engraver and did fine art painting including Custer's Last Fight, which took one year to paint and which the St. Louis Art Club exhibited around the country, charging admission. For models, he posed Sioux Indians in actual dress and cavalrymen in uniforms. In 1895, the brewery gave the painting to the 7th Cavalry, and it was destroyed in a fire at Fort Bliss, Texas in 1946. He died in 1921 at Trader's Point near Indianapolis, Indiana.

CASSILLY ADAMS (AMERICAN, 1843-1921)

Cassilly Adams American, 1843-1921 Oil on canvas, mounted on card backing Two Native Americans on horseback, with spear and bow, hunting buffalo in a Great Plains landscape. Signed lower right, framed. With partial label to back for framer G.M. Ashley & Co. Cassilly Adams is best known for his epic painting 'Custer's Last Fight' (completed 1885), which was purchased by Adolphus Busch and famously used for an Anheuser-Busch advertisement in the 1890s.

Cassilly Adams Native American Indian Painting

Watercolor on Paper. 17 1/4" by 21 3/8" framed. Provenance: Woodrow Wilson Fine Arts Inc. from the estate of Thomas Adams (the artist's son). Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. Cassilly Adams (1843 - 1921) was active/lived in Indiana, Ohio. Cassilly Adams is known for Genre, historical-west, Indian portrait. A painter of western frontier life, Cassily Adams is best remembered for his epic work, Custer's Last Fight, 9 and 1/2 feet by 16 feet, 5 inches, and completed in 1885. The copyright to this particular painting was obtained by the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Company, which made and circulated thousands of reproductions. Because Adams did most of his work for book publishers who did not credit him, he was a relatively unknown artist during his lifetime. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and was a descendant of American founding father, John Adams. He studied at the Boston Academy of Arts with Thomas Noble and later at the Cincinnati Art School. During the Civil War, he was in the army and was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg. In the 1870s, he moved to St. Louis where he worked for an engraver and did fine art painting including Custer's Last Fight, which took one year to paint and which the St. Louis Art Club exhibited around the country, charging admission. For models, he posed Sioux Indians in actual dress and cavalrymen in uniforms. In 1895, the brewery gave the painting to the 7th Cavalry, and it was destroyed in a fire at Fort Bliss, Texas in 1946. He died in 1921 at Trader's Point near Indianapolis, Indiana.

Cassilly Adams Native American Indian Painting

Watercolor on Paper. 14 3/4" by 22 1/8" framed. Provenance: Woodrow Wilson Fine Arts Inc. from the estate of Thomas Adams (the artist's son). Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. Cassilly Adams (1843 - 1921) was active/lived in Indiana, Ohio. Cassilly Adams is known for Genre, historical-west, Indian portrait. A painter of western frontier life, Cassily Adams is best remembered for his epic work, Custer's Last Fight, 9 and 1/2 feet by 16 feet, 5 inches, and completed in 1885. The copyright to this particular painting was obtained by the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Company, which made and circulated thousands of reproductions. Because Adams did most of his work for book publishers who did not credit him, he was a relatively unknown artist during his lifetime. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and was a descendant of American founding father, John Adams. He studied at the Boston Academy of Arts with Thomas Noble and later at the Cincinnati Art School. During the Civil War, he was in the army and was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg. In the 1870s, he moved to St. Louis where he worked for an engraver and did fine art painting including Custer's Last Fight, which took one year to paint and which the St. Louis Art Club exhibited around the country, charging admission. For models, he posed Sioux Indians in actual dress and cavalrymen in uniforms. In 1895, the brewery gave the painting to the 7th Cavalry, and it was destroyed in a fire at Fort Bliss, Texas in 1946. He died in 1921 at Trader's Point near Indianapolis, Indiana.

CASSILLY ADAMS (American, 1843-1921) NATIVE

AMERICAN RITUAL DANCE. Last quarter 19th century. Watercolor on paper depicts Native Americans dancing in front of a fire with some dancer's impersonating a wolf in wolf's pelt; all within a lodge with onlookers. Housed in modern figural oak frame, matted under glass. Questroyal Gallery label on verso together with a typed artist biography with references, exhibitions, etc. NOTE: this painting #24 on estate inventory acquired by Woodrow Wilson Fine Arts Inc. from the estate of Thomas Adams (the artist's son). SIZE: overall 15" x 22", sight 6 1/2" x 14". CONDITION: original condition with overall light toning, pin holes at each corner and slight abrasion upper left corner facing. PROVENANCE: Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21587/TG). $400-600.

CASSILLY ADAMS (American, 1843-1921) FISHING FOR

DINNER. The watercolor painting depicts two Indians spearing a large fish amongst the rushes and lilypads. Signed lower right. Housed in a molded silver gilt antiqued frame, matted under glass. Reverse retains Questroyal Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY label as well as a typed sheet referencing the artist, his exhibitions, collections "Painting is number 36 on estate inventory was acquired by Woodrow Wilson Fine Arts, Inc from the estate of Thomas Adams (the artist's son) per Bill of Sale dated 1/24/87". PROVENANCE: Martin Lane Historic & Western Americana Lifetime Collection. (02-21496/TG). $1,200-1,800.

Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921)

Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921), "Gold Mining", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 14 in. x 10 in., framed, overall 22 1/4 in. x 18 1/4 in. x 3 1/2 in.

CASSILLY ADAMS (1843-1921)

CASSILLY ADAMS (1843-1921) A NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF oil on canvas 24 x 17 1⁄8 in.

Antique 1896 Budweiser "Custer's Land Stand" Advertisement Lithograph

An antique 1896 Budweiser "Custer's Last Stand" advertisement lithograph featuring the iconic battle, with labels identifying scenes and figures along the bottom. Artwork after painting by Cassilly Adams (1843-1921) with lithograph by Otto F. Becker (1854-1945). Copyright date noted at bottom left, nice carved wooden frame. Piece measures 46 1/2" x 36 1/4", 41 1/2" x 31 1/4" site

Custer's Last Fight Chromolithograph by Adams

ADAMS, Cassily (1843-1921). Custer's Last Fight. Chromolithograph. St Louis: Anheuser-Buscher Brewing Association, c. 1896. 31 5/8" x 41 1/8" visible, 39" x 49 1/8" framed. Comparable: Sotheby's, 2009 - $10,000. Lithographed by Becker after the painting by Adams, who was a descendent of President John Adams, as promotional material for Anheuser-Busch. Americans are doubtless very familiar with the Budweiser Beer lithograph (Budweiser was first brewed, incidentally, in 1876, the American Centennial) - it hung, and hangs, in saloons nationwide.

CASSILLY ADAMS PAINTING OF A YOUNG GAUCHO

ADAMS, Cassilly, (1843-1921): Full Length Portrait of a Young Gaucho Smoking, Watercolor, sight size 8.75'' x 5'', signed lower right, custom frame, 17.25'' x 13.5''.

CASSILLY ADAMS PAINTING OF A YOUNG GAUCHO

ADAMS, Cassilly, (1843-1921): Full Length Portrait of a Young Gaucho Smoking, Watercolor, sight size 8.75'' x 5'', signed lower right, custom frame, 17.25'' x 13.5''.

Cassily Adams, USS Osage Painting and Signed Document

Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921) Civil War era watercolor on paper painting of the navy vessel upon which he was stationed: the U.S.S. Osage. The Osage is depicted patrolling the Mississippi River, with hills and trees in the background. Figures and cannons are visible on deck, along with an American flag. Titled beneath the image and dated 1864. Signed C Adams lower right. Ivory mat and stained molded frame with silver-gilt rabbet edge. 13 3/8" x 5 5/8" sight, 16" x 23" framed. Note: artist and illustrator Cassily Adams (alternate spelling) served on the U.S.S. Osage as an ensign and was wounded at the Battle of Vicksburg. Prior to the war, Adams studied under Thomas S. Noble at the Cincinnati Art School and at the Boston School of Art. After the war, in the 1870s, Adams moved to Missouri where he worked as an artist and an engraver and for a time had a studio with Matt Hastings, a well-known St. Louis artist. He is best known for his post-Civil War paintings of the Old West; this painting is a rare representation of his Civil War experience. Also included with this painting is a framed Civil War order for G.M. Rogers to detach from the USS Osage and report to the USS Ouichita. The order is dated Dec. 2, 1864 and signed by Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, commander of the Mississippi Squadron, and co-signed by Adams as Acting Ensign. Note: "The Osage, a sternwheel single-turret monitor, was the first naval vessel ever to us a periscope to aim a weapon in time of war. This occurred up the Red River at Blair’s Landing in Red River Parish, and resulted in the death of Confederate General Tom Greene and a lot of his men. The Osage was 180 feet long by 45 feet wide, and drew 4.5 feet of water. She was armed with two 11-inch smoothbores and one 12-pounder rifle. She was sunk by a mine in Alabama late in 1865, but later raised and operated as a merchant vessel after the War." - source: www.fortderussy.org . Provenance: Private Nashville collection, ex-Williams Fine Art. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

F. OTTO BECKER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH (United States, 18

F. OTTO BECKER CHROMOLITHOGRAPH (United States, 1843-1921) "Custer's Last Fight," an Anheuser-Busch Brewery advertisement print, circa 1896, after the painting by Cassilly Adams. Paper measures 31.5" x 42.5", in a gilt wood frame.

Cassilly Adams, Custers Last Fight, Anheuser Busch, Poster

Artist: Cassilly Adams, American (1843 - 1921) Title: Custers Last Fight, Anheuser Busch Year: 1975 Medium: Poster Size: 23 in. x 29.5 in. (58.42 cm x 74.93 cm)

[Custer, George Armstrong]

"Custer's Last Fight." Milwaukee: Milwaukee Lithographic and Engraving Company for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assocation, [1896] Chromolithographed broadsheet (31 ½ x 41 ¾ in.; 800 x 1060 mm) after Cassilly Adams and F. Otto Becker; light toning and soiling at edges, margins reinforced, a few neatly closed tears and restoration in background. Floated, glazed, and framed.

After Cassily Adams (1843 - 1921), Otto Becker (1854 - 1945), lithographer Custer's Last Fight.,...

After Cassily Adams (1843 - 1921), Otto Becker (1854 - 1945), lithographer Custer's Last Fight., c.1896, distributed by the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association, chromolithograph on paper, 32 x 42 in., in a contemporary wood frame. Condition: Laid down onto cardboard, tears into image c.l. and c.r., toning.

After Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921),

After Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921), "Custer's Last Fight", chromolithograph, published by Adolphus Busch, 1896, printed by The Milwaukee Litho. Co., sight 24 1/2 in. x 38 in., framed.

Cassilly Adams, Indian Mother and Child, watercolor

Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921), "Indian Mother and Child in a Canoe", watercolor/paper, 7.5" x 13", signed .

Cassilly Adams, Indian in Tipi, watercolor

Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921), "View from the Interior of a Tipi", watercolor/paper, 8.5" x 14", signed . Adams painted compelling portrayals of the Cheyenne, Sioux, and Plains indian tribes. His work is included in the collections of the Amon Carter Museum, Buffalo Bill Historical Society, Woodcock Museum, and the Shelburne Museum.

Cassilly Adams (American, 1843-1921), Winter Trail", watercolor/paper