"CHARGE THE RASCALS"
U.S. Army Dragoons - Battle of Four Lakes -1858
by Artist Frank M. Thomas
Original Art Canvas, 8 sq. ft. (30" x 40") - Found in the artist's collection
Historical Background:
The 1st of September, 1858, Eastern Washington Territory: The 1st Dragoons, commanded by Colonel George H. Wright, went into action against a coalition of more than a thousand mounted Yakima, Palouse, Spokane, and Coeur d' Alene warriors led by the Yakima's Chief Kamiakin. Having been pushed too far by land hungry settlers, zealous miners, and a less than scrupulous Territorial Governor, the battle-ready Indians awaited the soldiers at Four lakes.
The soldiers formed up in the timber, on a hillside above the warriors. When Major William Grier shouted "Charge the Rascals!" four companies of dragoon horse soldiers, their sabers drawn, tore into the Indian force. Few Indians, in any battle, were willing to brave those "long knives." The whipped tribes quickly made their peace.
Canvas Art Print Offerings:
18" x 24" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$181.50
tube shipped.......................+$13.50
18" x 24" (signed by artist/stretched - ready to frame)......................$211.50
flat package shipped.............+$21.50
24" x 32" (signed by artist/rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$272.25
tube shipped.......................+$12.50
30" x 40" (signed by artist//rolled - ready to stretch)..........................$404.25
tube shipped.......................+$17.50
(NOTE: The rolled print may be stretched in most frame shops before framing.)
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Lithographic [Art Paper] Print Offering:
15" x 20" (signed and numbered by artist - ready to frame)......................$70.00
Plastic wrapped/flat package - shipped.............$13.50
*Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print and giclee' canvas art print sales have now been resumed as of November 1st, 2008. He and his wife, Patreecia, have completed an eighteen month mission in the Ohio-Cleveland Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the Kirtland Historic Village Sites, Kirtland, Ohio. He was asked by LDS Church General Authorities to paint early Church history scenes of 1830's Kirtland.
He has now returned home to his art studio at 206 North 100 East, Holden, Utah 84636 and is producing LDS historical paintings and Old West paintings at that site. His art prints may be purchased online by credit card or by personal check.
Call Frank at his Studio" (435) 795-2206 or (435) 406-9526, or contact directly by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com.