The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush), 1890. Three cavalry scouts—light-skinned men mounted on gleaming brown horses—among light-beige, arid mountains. The figure in the foreground has begun to to slump and seems poised to fall, his rifle on the ground, his horse agitated and alarmed. The others ride off in pursuit.

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Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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