Francisco, Colorado and Kansas City before he finally headed East in 1896. Over his lifetime, he set up studios in 21 different cities, sketching, painting and moving on; often leaving finished works and at least one debt behind. Brooklyn, New York years In 1897, at the age of 58, Mulvany finally settled in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, New York, where he remained the rest of his life. with a studio at 133 Greenpoint Ave. He continued his artistic career painting six known major works, as well as a duplicate of Custer’s Last Rally, seeking exhibition opportunities, painting portraits, and even sketching up until two weeks before his death. Mulvany died by drowning in early May 1906; the press declared it a suicide. He was 66 years old, suffering from throat cancer, a fatal disease at the time, vertigo and possible effects of alcoholism. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York. Mulvany's contributions are several. He not only influenced William Merritt Chase and Frederic Remington, he also brought an international perspective to American Western Art. In addition, his life reflects a broader Irish immigrant experience than typically recorded. Recent Irish scholarship has focused on Mulvany's accomplishments. <ref> [Desperate and Glorious: John Mulvany's Custer's Last Rally in Art History at the Crossroads of Ireland and the United States (Cynthia Fowler and Paula Murphy, eds,) Routledge, 2022. All Native, all our own and all a fact; John Mulvany and the Irish American Dream, Field Day Review 7, 2011] [The Great Irish painting that turned up on eBay, Irish Times, 2 October 2010] [John Mulvany, The Battle of Aughrim, Gorry Gallery Dublin, catalog 2010] </ref> Other noteworthy paintings include Love's Mirror and The Old Professor''. Much of his work is unlocated. References 1906 deaths Irish painters Irish war artists People from County Meath Year of birth uncertain 19th-century war artists Artists of the American West 1906 suicides Suicides by drowning in the United States