The North American Indian portfolios from the Library of Congress : Bodmer, Catlin, McKenney & Hall / [selected by James Gilreath].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilreath, James, 1947-

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--Portraits.

West (U.S.)--In art.

West (U.S.).

Art, American--19th century.

Art, American.

West United States.

Genre:

Portraits.

Pictorial works.

In art.

Illustrated works.

Art.

Penn Provenance:

Venturi, Robert; Brown, Denise Scott

Physical Description:

272 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 12 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, [1993]

Summary:

"Based on the well-known frontier artwork of George Caitlin's North American Indian Portfolio, McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, and Prince Maximillian's Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832 and 1834, these historic collections of prints and paintings were the first to preserve images of native Americans before their culture was affected by the white man."-- Cover flap.

Contents:

Introduction / by James Gilreath

North American Indian portfolio / by George Catlin

Travels in the interior of North America between 1832 and 1834 / by Karl Bodmer. Vignettes ; Tableaux

History of the Indian tribes of North America : Volumes 1-3 / by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall.

Notes:

"A tiny folio."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

ISBN:

1558596011

9781558596016

OCLC:

28222185