Years after the death of Joaquin Murietta (or Murrieta), Nahl painted this picture of the defiant revenger of his and his countrymen's humiliations.

Joaquin Murieta, 1868

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"The Death of Murieta" -- newspaper illustration by Nahl, 1853

"The Death of Murieta" -- newspaper illustration by Nahl, 1853