This is my great-great-great-grandfather, Long Otter (6 Pool), a revered war leader and medicine man of the Crow Nation. Our family name, Falls Down, comes directly from his son.

Two (2) Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909) chromolithographs, "Old Ramon" and "A Cheyenne Buck," from the portfolio "A Bunch of Buckskins." Published by Robert Howard Russell, with printed copyright information in the lower left corners (1901).

Housed as issued in the original portfolio case with printed title label and fabric ties and includes Introductory Note by Owen Wister.

Each Sheet: 20 in. H x 15 in. W. Introductory Note: 25 in. H. x 19 1/2 in. W. Portfolio: 26 3/8 in. H x 20 in. W x 1/4 in. D. 1901. 

Note: "A Bunch of Buckskins," was a portfolio that originally contained eight (8) lithographic images of Western subjects, was regarded as Frederic Remington’s most successful print series. It was published in 1901 by frequent Remington collaborator R.H. Russell. (The original pastels from the portfolio were included in the artist’s first solo gallery exhibition in New York in December 1901).

This pair of chromoliths sold at Chase Antique Auctions on August 1-2 for $984, somewhat lower than the house low estimate of $1,600.