Custer's Gun

[Nom de Forum]

I think this kind of thing in a work of art is known as a "pastiche". I have seen other mechanical items such as cars, aircraft, etcetera in paintings and prints that are obviously a hodgepodge of various characteristics from several inspirations. On the other hand, sometimes in art a pictured item will have characteristics from only one subject but not all the characteristics for purely artistic reasons. This painting obviously as pointed out by other is an example of the former.

 

[Waveski]

"deceptive realism" ... That's a caution flag waver to me.

 

[Jim K]

I have no problem with pastiche in, for example, a painting of generic race cars. But if an artist labels his painting as "Dale Earnhardt's No. 3", it should not show a Camry grilled Ford Fiesta with "27' on it.

Jim

 

[Nom de Forum]

I have no problem with pastiche in, for example, a painting of generic race cars. But if an artist labels his painting as "Dale Earnhardt's No. 3", it should not show a Camry grilled Ford Fiesta with "27' on it.

Jim

That's funny and I agree!

 

[Combat Engineer]

That painting is all wrong.

Re: LBH... IIRC Custer took a pair of (not standard issue long barreled Colts) but a pair of short barelled 3" barreled Webleys (a gift from a Brit nobleman), Yellow Hair was expecting a close quarters, no holds barred fight, and he got it.

Empty revolver casings were found under the body.

His mistake was in not sending his brother Tom to charge the village, instead that critical task went to Reno, who did not have the stomach for that kind of fight, panicked and ran, and, and Benteen, who managed to lose himself at the most critical point, leaving Custer (with about 210 troopers) to face 2,000 well armed warriors.

BTW, should you be hiking out west and come across a pair of ivory handled Webleys, you have found the missing Custer revolvers, likely the most valuable revolvers on the planet.

The oddest anecdote was the story of the 7th Cav trooper who lamented his favorite .22 cal revolver had been left behind at Ft. Lincoln, he was convinced it was a bad omen.