Title:
North American Indians : being letters and notes on their manners, customs, and conditions, written during eight years' travel amongst the wildest tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839
Publication Date:
1926
Publication Information:
Edinburgh, Scotland : John Grant, 1926.
Physical Description:
2 volumes, leaves of plates : color illustrations, color portraits, color maps (1 folded) ; 26 cm.
Abstract:
"A young lawyer turned portraitist, Catlin set out in 1830 from his home in Pennsylvania to record on canvas the indigenous tribes of North America and their way of life. His eight years among the major tribes of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains resulted in his Indian Gallery, an enormous collection of artifacts as well as more than four hundred paintings, including portraits and scenes of tribal life. The resultant book, first published with uncoloured plates in 1841, is one of the most original, authentic and popular works on the subject"-- Abebooks.com web site.
General Note:
First edition, New York, 1841, published under title: Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians.
Paintings and observations of Indians in the 1830s. Catlin was a painter, and spent 8 years travelling and painting various Indian tribes.
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
