On May 14, 1883, the Cincinnati News-Journal reported that Farny had completed a painting he called Issue Day at Standing Rock and would soon send it to Harper’s Weekly. The article included a description:
Harper’s Weekly published their version, a wood-cut, then printed version, July 28, 1883, on pages 472-73. The editors changed the name to Ration Day at Standing Rock. This example was found at the Denver Art Museum:
The original monochrome version of this painting, listed as being circa 1882, can now be dated through the newspapers to May of 1883, as it was completed and semt to Harper’s by May 20, 1883. It currently is owned by the Blanton Museum of Art:
