Two Guys Fighting Over A Girl
Forgiven
Comanche Arrow
Chasing Woman
Skinny Dip
Custer’s Last Stand
Korean War Scene
George Washington
Bridge Bombed
Officers On Horses
Sam Houston
Suzanne
The Sutler’s Daughter
Rough Going Over The Sierras
Prospectors Panning For Gold
Gold Discovered At Sutter’s Mill
Buffalo Bill Cody
Girl Captive
Shooting It Out
Cavalry Charge
The Hawker, The Swagman And The Thief
Crocodiles
In The Jungle
In San Francisco Life Was Gay
Getting Dressed
Mojave Kid
White Invader
I Could Take You
Romance Among The Flowers
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
AMERICAN GALLERY - 20th Century 
Some disturbing thoughts:
“Two Guys Fighting Over A Girl” – so, she is going to sit there (in the dust) with her embroidery while these two guys duke it out over her (thankfully, no gun belts are apparent, at least on the one fellow). She ain’t worth it.
“Forgiven” – from his posture/positioning, I would add “and Whipped.”
“Comanche Arrow” – effective, but far from heart-warming or something I would care to commemorate in painting (are these pictures stand-alones or story illustrations?).
“Chasing Woman” – ditto.
“Girl Captive” – ditto.
“Shooting It Out” – Ah, nothing like painting some dude at the moment of getting shot dead in a duel.
“Custer’s Last Stand” – see, the difference here is that this is historical, is a fight between supposedly equal foes (far from it, as it turned out), and Custer had it coming.
“I Could Take You” – what, I am afraid to ask, is going on here?
“Korean War Scene” – those are orphans on the porch, now doubt.
“Crocodiles” – not for nothing, but what is the point of this (other than, again, is it a story illustration)? I hope the kid made it out of there alive.
“George Washington” – daydreaming out the window instead of taking care of business? (No, I think it’s supposed to be portraying his longing for Mount Vernon.)
“Sam Houston” – whitened his teeth in the middle of the 19th Century? Perhaps he forwent the usual coffee, tobacco, and whiskey habits common to his contemporaries.
“In San Francisco Life Was Gay” – it was?
“Getting Dressed” – those socks! Was he from San Francisco?
There are some interesting things here, but no keepers.
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And another thing (I’m a bit cranky today, I guess):
“Mojave Kid” – last time I looked, the Mojave Desert was in southwestern United States. There was a silent movie made in 1927 called “The Mojave Kid” and, from TCM’s description, it sounds like a Western. An American Western. In 1955, Louis L’Amour wrote a screenplay called “The One for the Mojave Kid” which DEFINITELY was a Western and which was adapted for a TV episode tiled “The Mojave Kid.” Those are the only references to “Mojave Kid” that I could find. So unless this a depiction of an actor and actress in Arabian costumes on the set of a foreign movie being filmed in the Mojave Desert, I don’t get this one, either. I am open to enlightenment.
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No enlightenment from me … also because I’m too busy laughing at your comments (and my Oscar goes to the one concerning the supposed San Franciscan getting dressed).
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I am happy to entertain you! I just hope that I am not spoiling your blog with my “thoughts.” 🙂
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Suzay… don’t know about SF habits (the guy getting dressed does look a little too happy), but … the “Girl Captive ” could easily be applied to the Oatman Massacre and Olive Oatman being carried away. Anyway, I’m going to use it for illustrating the story. Thanks for sharing.
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Olive Oatman was 13 when she was abducted. The girl in Schmidt’s illustration looks younger. But the artist’s inspiration may well refer to that episode.
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