1844 · London
by CATLIN, George (1796-1872)
London: C. & J. Adlard for George Catlin, Egyptian Hall, 1844. Hand-coloured lithograph, on thick paper, after Catlin, drawn on stone by J. McGahey, lithographed and printed by Day & Haghe. Image size: 12 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches. A fine image from the First Edition of Catlin's 'North American Indian Portfolio', one of the most important accounts of Indigenous American life.
"This plate represents the familiar mode of procuring meat, practised by all the voyageurs on the Missouri and other streams of that country, who run their canoes ashore where the buffaloes or other animals are discovered grazing on the banks, and cautiously steal up (truncated)
"This plate represents the familiar mode of procuring meat, practised by all the voyageurs on the Missouri and other streams of that country, who run their canoes ashore where the buffaloes or other animals are discovered grazing on the banks, and cautiously steal up (truncated)