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Original - The Custer Fight (1903), by Charles Marion Russell depicting the Native American side of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Reason
Rather a nice view of the somewhat romanticised view of Indians in the Old West. I particularly like the use of fading out for more distant groups, which is very advanced lithography, requiring many, many maskings of the various plates, since the number of masks used determines how many variations in lightness you can get. It is pulled off superbly.
Articles in which this image appears
Lithography, Charles Marion Russell, Battle of Little Bighorn
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others (used to illustrate the section on the battle discussing its depiction in art, so I don't think it's really at its highest-EV in history)
Creator
Charles Marion Russell

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:29, 5 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]