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The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush), 1890. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 87.3 × 123.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush)
- Artist
- Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 87.3 × 123.1 cm (34 3/8 × 48 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- George F. Harding Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1861–1909
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.