{"product_id":"the-bone-war","title":"The Bone War","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcrylic on Canvas, 48\" x 48\" Unframed and 49\" x 49\" Framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Bone Wars, also known as the Great Dinosaur Rush, \u003csup id=\"m_332719648989900650m_6614876564255692878cite_ref-1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003ewas a period of intense and ruthlessly competitive \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fossil_collecting\" title=\"Fossil collecting\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fossil_collecting\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3e5sIhKdKMAMZg_yWnPF9T\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003efossil hunting\u003c\/a\u003e and discovery during the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilded_Age\" title=\"Gilded Age\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilded_Age\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3tDw-MinvMXvlQiMWIx0SL\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGilded Age\u003c\/a\u003e of American history, marked by a heated rivalry between \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Drinker_Cope\" title=\"Edward Drinker Cope\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edward_Drinker_Cope\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0EYSSOqJC0cBrOsxieym_e\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEdward Drinker Cope\u003c\/a\u003e (of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Drexel_University\" title=\"Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Drexel_University\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2bvapKpTAb-osB7GXW4h6H\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAcademy of Natural Sciences\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia\" title=\"Philadelphia\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philadelphia\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3cctc9RYTKC7TuB2tJq8oE\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/a\u003e) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Othniel_Charles_Marsh\" title=\"Othniel Charles Marsh\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Othniel_Charles_Marsh\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2dCVD-AWQQ_1vhzPpKpRh4\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOthniel Charles Marsh\u003c\/a\u003e (of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peabody_Museum_of_Natural_History\" title=\"Peabody Museum of Natural History\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peabody_Museum_of_Natural_History\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2Zod0s50Ij6x8gQZZwvA_N\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePeabody Museum of Natural History\u003c\/a\u003e at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yale_University\" title=\"Yale University\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yale_University\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1_0Llk3rjtzHJgvqIaCJd8\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eYale\u003c\/a\u003e). Each of the two \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paleontology\" title=\"Paleontology\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paleontology\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1diVgQx8jyFpB3qbk0oYqL\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epaleontologists\u003c\/a\u003e used underhanded methods to try to outdo the other in the field, resorting to bribery, theft, and the destruction of bones. Each scientist also sought to ruin his rival's reputation and cut off his funding, using attacks in scientific publications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTheir search for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fossil\" title=\"Fossil\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fossil\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0VYn5MD9KcKQqoFrBVtj23\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003efossils\u003c\/a\u003e led them west to rich \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bone_bed\" title=\"Bone bed\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bone_bed\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3HVb362BvYpuNVntPX5rMl\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ebone beds\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colorado\" title=\"Colorado\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colorado\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw210RuL-mpi2DGQseietoxp\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eColorado\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebraska\" title=\"Nebraska\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nebraska\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0_HVIGvbg1jnwrJFK9i4dF\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNebraska\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wyoming\" title=\"Wyoming\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wyoming\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw3piLOLIeKcZ6P7oX5GUxxi\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWyoming\u003c\/a\u003e. From 1877 to 1892, both paleontologists used their wealth and influence to finance their own expeditions and to procure services and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dinosaur\" title=\"Dinosaur\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dinosaur\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw09lPYP78AirUuA2dIz8tXe\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edinosaur \u003c\/a\u003ebones from fossil hunters. By the end of the Bone Wars, both men had exhausted their funds in the pursuit of paleontological supremacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eCope and Marsh were financially and socially ruined by their attempts to outcompete and disgrace each other, but they made important contributions to science and the field of paleontology and provided substantial material for further work—both scientists left behind many unopened boxes of fossils after their deaths. The efforts of the two men led to 142 new species of dinosaurs being discovered and described. The products of the Bone Wars resulted in an increase in knowledge of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prehistoric\" title=\"Prehistoric\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prehistoric\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw0_ZYx6PmXpVvQ2FY9yY21x\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eprehistoric\u003c\/a\u003e life, and sparked the public's interest in dinosaurs, leading to continued fossil excavation in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_America\" title=\"North America\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_America\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1773771884942000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw1F_tLXQotcnkg3ajS5rrH0\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNorth America\u003c\/a\u003e in the decades to follow. Many historical books and fictional adaptations have been published about this period of intense fossil-hunting activity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e1 - Marsh (left) and Cope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e2 - Marsh outfitted his workers with pistols and rifles to protect them from marauding Indians.  However, when the Indians learned that this silly white men were merely picking up useless rocks they left them alone......they had no idea just what these crazy white guys were actually collecting.  In my painting a lone paleontologist faces off against some uninterested Indians who have no intention of causing this single, silly white guy, any harm.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thom Ross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42597317017671,"sku":null,"price":22500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1213\/7518\/files\/Thom-Ross-sorrel-sky-gallery-Painting-The-Bone-War.jpg?v=1773304313","url":"https:\/\/sorrelsky.com\/products\/the-bone-war","provider":"Sorrel Sky Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}