Fired On

Sometimes described as a nocturne, it depicts a group of men on horseback lit by moonlight in the murky pre-dawn.

The painting was displayed in the Oval Office during the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

Later presidents preferred bronzes by Remington, such as The Bronco Buster or The Rattlesnake.

Remington's paintings of the Wild West were later copied by Western filmmakers, with John Ford saying that his 1948 movie She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: "I tried to copy the Remington style there.

You can't copy him one hundred per cent, but you can get the colour and the movement."