Cultural Portraits and Warriors

Illustrations of warriors and indigenous people from different cultures, highlighting traditional attire, weapons, and ceremonial elements.

Kitete, chief of Mpungu. Central Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Kitete, chief of Mpungu. Central Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Indien du Coromandel'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Warrior of Ombai with armour, shield and kris. He wears his hair tied up in a plume. Man of Ombai Island (Ombay), Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jacques Arago from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R. Ackermann, London, 1824.

Charles Bowman, Ship's Figurehead, c 1938 Ship's Figurehead

'Karmoeb, Captain of the Namaqua Khoisan. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to). Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm × w 480 mm; h 317 mm × w 202 mm; h 306 mm × w 187 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Man of the Ohlone or Costanoan people dancing at Mission San Francisco. His body is painted in blue and red, and he wears a gold and blue headdress, cowrie necklace and long feather skirt. Perhaps part of a Kuksu cult ceremony, California. Indien dansant (Californie). Copied from an illustration by Louis Choris from Otto von Kotzebue's Voyage Autour du Monde, 1821. Handcoloured woodcut by H.D. and L. Lisbet after an illustration by Louis Choris from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845.

Man holding three assegais and a knobkerrie, 1776 - 1795 drawing Cape of Good Hope paper. deck paint. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush Cape of Good Hope

San warrior from South Africa. He wears an animal skin cape, an ostrich feather in his hair, and carries a shield and three spears or assegai. Guerrier Cafre. Handcoloured woodcut by T.S. and Duverger from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ethel Dougan.

Native of the Papua Islands. Printed and coloured by Brooker and Harrison. Vintage historical litho Hand coloured mezzotint. 1842.

Indio de las cercanías del Orinoco. Grabado en color de 1805.

Warrior of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga. His face, torso and arms are part-covered in warpaint, he wears a tooth necklace and carries a large mace. Guerrier de Tonga Tabou. Adapted from an illustration by de Sainson in Dumont d Urvilles Voyage de la corvette lAstrolabe. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after Louis Auguste de Sainson from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Young Zulu Kaffir in state suit in 1878, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date unknown

Moorish merchant with tobacco pipe, Algeria. In turban, hooded burnous, blue jacket with orange sleeves, white culottes. The Moors were descendants of ancient Mauritania and Numidia. Marchand Maure. Handcoloured woodcut by Doms from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

The SheykII-El-Beled. Egypt, engraving 1879

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 25 cm (13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Richard F. Smith.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Sauvage des Ysles Pelew'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 55.2 x 45.5 cm (21 3/4 x 17 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert W. R. Taylor.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme Toungouse'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Mocelway, young King of the Marootzee. Illustrations. 1822. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. South Africa , Description and travel

Samuel Fineman, Weather Vane, c 1938 Weather Vane

John Nixon, ca. 1760-1818, British, Menage as Champanzee in Perouse, 1801. Etching and aquatint, hand-colored.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Sauvage de la Terre de Natal'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Khoikhoi man and woman, South Africa, 1818. They wear animal skins and woven skirts and stand in front of huts covered in animal hides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century.

Dyak; A Visit to Borneo', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C.

Hermann III., Markgrave of Baden.

Make-Tetti, Raja of Dao, Maluku Islands, Indonesia. The king wears a bandana, striped shirt and holds a staff. One of the Lease Islands near Ambon, Haruku, Nusa Laut and Manipa. Rajah de Dao. Adapted from a portrait by Jacques Arago in Voyage autour du monde. Handcoloured woodcut by A. Vangauberghe after Arago from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845.

The chief of the Kohuedi, Central Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron, Le Tour du Monde 1877

The firstborn King Chumbiri, Central Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

GRABADO-NOUKAHIVA-NATURAL DE OCEANIA. Author: PANNEMAKET LISBET. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Indian gardener in jacket and turban of white cotton, and kupra of coarse yellow cotton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.

Woman of the Pampas lowlands, Argentina. She wears a dress of striped fabrics, necklace and earrings, and carries a feather fan and cord or lasso. Femme Pampas. Adapted from an illustration by Emeric Essex Vidal in Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres, 1820. Handcoloured woodcut after Emeric Essex Vidal from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.

Heir to the Throne of Chumbiri, Africa, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1888 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers" series (N189), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1888 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. Heir to the Throne of Chumbiri, Africa, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Etruscan warrior (archer) in helmet, breastplate with skirt, ocreae or greaves to cover the shins. Perhaps Halaesus, the greatest Etruscan hero. Bronze figure found near Ravenna, now in the Museum of the Knights of the Order of Saint Stephen, Cortona. Miles Etruscus Ex Aere Apud Equit Coratium. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

Costumes de Differents Pays, 'Femme de Loango'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Negre du Senegal'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

DRUSO - HIJO DE TIBERIO - 14 AC/23. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. CESAR DRUSO.

Tuluun warrior of the Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea. He is tattooed all over his face and body, wears a feather headdress, necklace and anklets and a grass skirt. He carries a bow and arrow. Called the Massacre Islands by Benjamin Morrell. Naturel de lIle Massacre. Handcoloured woodcut by L. Lisbet from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845.

The Namaqua Hottentots. Prints, Illustrations. 1745 - 1747. Rare Book Division. Khoikhoi (African people), Nama (African people)

Native indigenous of Kanala, New Caledonia. Old engraving illustration, Journey to New Caledonia by Jules Garnier

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Negresse du Roÿaume d'Aardra'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Indian. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 30.2 x 23.1 cm (11 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: A. Zaidenberg.

Marius Hansen, Wooden Indian (Female), 1935 1942 Wooden Indian (Female)

Kadoo, a native of the Caroline Islands, with elongated earlobes, necklace and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824. After an illustration by Louis Choris in Otto von Kotzebue's Picturesque voyage around the world, 1822.

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO IX - ESTAMPA 20 - INDIO DISFRAZADO - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 24.2 cm (14 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: N. H. Yeckley.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Roi de Bar, Près Gorée'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Cigar Store Indian. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 27.9 cm (14 1/16 x 11 in.). Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter Hochstrasser.

The prophecy of Masuka: an African medicine man or shaman of the Nkose watching the future in a bowl. Painting by Stanley Wood, 1894.

Native of Pulau Yos Sudarso (Dourga Strait), New Guinea. He wears a loincloth, bracelet and chest decorations, and carries spear, bow and arrows. Handcoloured lithograph by Madeley after an illustration drawn from nature by P. van Oort. Taken from G.W. Earl's "The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago: Papuans." Handcoloured lithograph from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.

Mahote, chieftain of the Dange Xhosa. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: c. 1776 - 1777. Measurements: h 660 mm × w 480 mm; h 355 mm × w 219 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Femme des I les Marquises'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Pencil and watercolor drawing by Josef Selleny depicting a standing native figure wearing blue pants

Watercolour by John White, Believed to Be Chief Wingina a Roanoke Chieftain;Date: 1585

History of Africa. 19th century. Lower Congo woman. Engraving by W. Meyer. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados (The Congo and the Founding of its Free State. A Story of Work and Exploration), by Henry M. Stanley. Edited in Barcelona, ca. 1890. Spain.

A standing, probably Khoi, woman, with tobacco-pipe and child. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm × w 480 mm; h 350 mm × w 220 mm; h 335 mm × w 219 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme de l'Isle de Java'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

Engraving depicting an Island Carib, also known as a Kalinago or a Carib, is an indigenous person of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Dated 19th Century

A bald man wearing a loin cloth, holding a wooden club and a black piece of cloth. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.

Fakir or fukeer, enthusiast, in muslin loincloth, pricking his skin with brass forks and sharp needles. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from "Asiatic Costumes," Ackermann, London, 1828.

A performer; a man who enacts the female role. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Nootka Sound (French: Baie de Nootka) is a sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Northwest, historically known as King George's Sound. It separates Vancouver Island and Nootka Island.1, part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It played a historically important role in the maritime fur trade. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume XVII; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1820

The Four Bears, Mah-to-toh-pa, second chief of the Mandan or Numakiki nation. In undress, being in mourning, with a few locks of hair cut off. His hair put up in plaits or slabs, with glue and red paint, a custom of the tribe. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Harris after a painting by George Catlin from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.

Junger Zulukaffer im Staatsanzug im Jahre 1878, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, genaues O...

Malagassic warrior with Assegai and Schild, c. 1675 - c. 1725 drawing Black warrior in a white member cloth. He is wearing a Assegaai (spear) and a red shield. Netherlands (possibly) paper. watercolor (paint) Africans Madagascar

Oak and cane; Francis, C. (Fl. Ca 1830-1850), Grandville, Jean-Jacques (1803-1847), Bertauts, J.V. (Paris; Litographic Plant; Fl. Ca 1832-1869); XIXW. (1801-00-00-1900-00-00), around 1840 (1835-00-00-1847-00-00);

Danseur des Isles Sandwich, 1790, (Questionable), Dance, Hawaii, History, Black, Engravings, 1 print engraving, hand col.; 23 x 15 cm

Sketch - Native with bow and arrow John Henry Walker (1831-1899)

Historia de Africa. Siglo XIX. Nativo del Iboko. Grabado. El Congo y la Creación del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados, por Enrique M. Stanley. Editada en Barcelona, hacia 1890. España.

Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme de l'Isle des Amis'. L. F. Labrousse (France, Bordeaux, active late 18th century)Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810). France, circa 1797. Prints; engravings. Hand-tinted engraving on paper

French lithograph of a Silver bearer with sword and carrying pole, from India, By Marlet 1828

Ingrid Selmer Larsen, Figurehead The Highlander, c 1937 Figurehead: The Highlander

Pencil drawing by Franz Gerasch depicting a miner, showing figure, attire, and posture, dated 1849-1856.

German soldiers with halberds wearing harem pants, late 16th century. Gunpowder expert with his back to us, and soldier with cap and armour collar. From color pen drawings in the possession of C. Becker of Wurzburg. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

Sir John Harsich, 1384. He wears his tilting helmet with turkey-feather crest and cointisse over his bassinet. The wreath below the crest is two pieces of silk in his armorial colours twisted together by a lady. Handcoloured lithograph by Maddocks after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, John Dowding, London, 1842.

This 1840s illustration shows a man from Formosa, the island of Taiwan as named by Portuguese mariners in 1544. In Portuguese "formosa" means "beautiful.".

A lapidary at work cutting and polishing stones. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Natives of Virginia, America, 1818. (Virginia was populated by Cherokee, Shawnee, Lenape, Mingo and other tribes.) The man carries a bow and arrow, and both wear feathers in their hair. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton, Harvey and Darton, London, 1818. Venning wrote educational books on geography, conchology and mineralogy in the early 19th century.

Warrior, Coast of Guinea, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Warrior, Coast of Guinea, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

One of Set of Nine Watercolors showing Indians in Different Professions One of Set of Nine Watercolors showing Indians in Different Professions, 19th century. Watercolor on paper, 8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. (21.3 x 16.8 cm). Asian Art 19th century

A Mandarin sits on a mat, smoking a long opium pipe. Coloured aquatint by S. Himely, c. 1820.

The cacique of Tabasco presents to Hernan Cortes twenty Indian and between they Dona Marina. Engraving, 1825. Colored.

Mukhaneer or Butterman, 1838, 5 11/16 x 4 1/8 in. (14.4 x 10.4 cm) (sheet), Opaque watercolor on mica, India, 19th century

Mangoran. Queensland, Australia. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Journey to Northeast Australia by Carl Lumholtz 1880-1884 from Le Tour du Monde 1889

Warrior, from Amhara. Prisse d'Avennes, 1807-1879. Prints, Illustrations. 1851. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Clothing and dress , Egypt, Egypt,Social life and customs

Liqueling, Marotzee Nation, Travels in South Africa, 19th century engraving

King Chumbiri, Central Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

Visscher, Cornelis (II), Jan de, African landscape, verso - stamped, View of a mountainous landscape with palm trees and elephants. In the foreground an African woman with a lobster and a horn of plenty in her hands. On the right some children with an elephant horn and on the left snakes and a lion., print, prent, prints, height 448 mm, width 307 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1650 - 1700, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1633 - 1692, 1629 - 1658-01-16

Mina Lowry, Whirligig, 1935 1942 Whirligig

An Australian Aboriginal in full war paint. After a work by J. Macfarlane. From a contemporary print, c.1935.

Saravati holding a musical instrument, sitting on a lotus in water. Lithograph.

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