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Indigenous American Portraits

Artistic representations of Native American figures, capturing cultural attire and significance in historical contexts, reflecting identity and heritage.

Ne-sho-ra-re-ra-hi-kuts (gray fox)
Ne-sho-ra-re-ra-hi-kuts (gray fox)
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Ne-sho-ra-re-ra-hi-kuts (gray fox)
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A-wun-ne-wa-be, Bird of Thunder. Date: 1845. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Keokuk, Sac and Fox, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N2), issued in 1888 in a series of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes.. Keokuk, Sac and Fox, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands 406403
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A sick man. Coloured lithograph by Chap ().
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Noon Day, Chippeway, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888.
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O-tá-wah, The Ottaway, a Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1835. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Man holding three assegais and a knobkerrie. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: 1776 - 1795. Place: Cape of Good Hope. Measurements: h 660 mm × w 480 mm; h 352 mm × w 218 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Young San man, with bow and arrows, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.
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Islamic Kanuri woman of Borno, Nigeria. She wears a piece of blue fabric which covers one shoulder and forms a split skirt to reveal a white toile petticoat. She wears her hair in braids under a bandana with metal cockade and holds a feather fan. Bournouaise. Handcoloured woodcut by 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.
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Jean Baptiste Capri, a French deserter who lived on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, with tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824. After an illustration in G. H. von Langsdorff's Voyages and Travels, 1813.
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Indio del Brasil. Grabado en color de 1805.
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Two Young Men. oil on canvas. Date: 1835 or 1836. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Keokuk (The Watchful Fox). Oil on paperboard. Date: ca. 1876-1899. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Ni-a-có-mo, Fix With the Foot, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1830. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Favourite enslaved man of the King of Congo. In woven skirt, necklace, carrying a parasol, bow and arrows, shield, and flagon. The kingdom of Kongo covered parts of modern Angola, Gabon and Congo. Esclave Favori du Roi de Congo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.
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La Hottentote. Prints, Illustrations. 1795. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Caa-Tou-See, an Ojibway Brave, Portrait, Lithograph from an 1820's Painting by Charles Bird King
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Salomon, Medicine Man Henry Raschen (American, 1854-1937). Salomon, Medicine Man, ca. 1894. Oil on canvas, 19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (50.5 x 40.5 cm). American Art ca. 1894
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Matses (Maxuruna or Mayoruna) or Matis warrior, Native American of Peru with facial tattoos, labrets, and piercings with feathers and shells. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's Illustrated Natural History of Men and Animals, 1836.
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Nayas Indian Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior. Dated: 1855/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47 x 61.8 cm (18 1/2 x 24 5/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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Ud-je-jock, Pelican, a Boy. Date: 1845. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Three Riccarree Indians. Dated: 1861. Dimensions: overall: 47.2 x 61.7 cm (18 9/16 x 24 5/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Homme de la Nouvelle Calédonie'. 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
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Native man of La Magdalena (Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands) with fan, loincloth, headdress and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824. After an illustration by Wilhelm Tilesius from Adam Krusenstern's Voyage, 1813.
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Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Metive de Quito'. 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
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Portrait of the author in his travel costume, titled 'Arabe du désert,' created by Madame Devéria in 1830. The work was published in Paris by Girard, and it features lithographs. The dimensions of the image are 58 x 40 cm
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Oceanía. Heraldo de las islas Timor. Grabado de 1860.
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Waa-Top-E-Not or the Eagle's Bed, a Fox Chief James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 - 1858). , issued November 1835. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, 12 5/16 x 9 3/16 in. (31.3 x 23.3 cm). These lithographs are from the first published collection of portraits of Native Americans, The Aboriginal Port-Folio. The artist, James Otto Lewis, based his images on sketches he made in the 1820s while accompanying U.S. government officials to treaty councils with Native American chiefs throughout the Great Lakes region then the country’s western frontier. Despite his somewhat awkward handling of the human figure, Lewis carefully documented the distinctive appearance, costume, and accessories of his sitters. The Port-Folio served both as a firsthand record of Native individuals and as an influential model for other artists. By the time these lithographs were issued, Congress had passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which forced Native Americans from their lands and resettled them farther west.
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In-ne-ó-cose, Buffalo's Child, a Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Big Razor, Blackfeet Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size.. Big Razor, Blackfeet Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 419972
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Chief Bear Claw by Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1858-1949
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Striker, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size.. Striker, Apache, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 419957
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Warrior of Sawu island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. He wears a batik headcloth, ikat sarong (skirt), belt with kris, bracelets, and carries a lance and shield. Guerrier de lIle Sawoe ou Saoue. Handcoloured woodcut by 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.
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Three Mandan Warriors Armed for War. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.3 x 62.9 cm (18 5/8 x 24 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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Costumes de Differents Pays, 'Homme de l'Isle de Ste. Christine'. 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
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Cunivo Indian. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1890-1892. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Black Eye, Blackfeet Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N2), issued in 1888 in a series of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes.. Black Eye, Blackfeet Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N2) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands 406404
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Native man of La Magdalena (Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands) with club, loincloth, necklace and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824. After an illustration by Wilhelm Tilesius from Adam Krusenstern's Voyage, 1813.
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Costumes de Differents Pays, 'Femme 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
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Arikara or Riccaree brave Pah-too-ca-ra, He Who Strikes 83 and young girl Pshan-shaw, Sweet-Scented Grass 84. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.
1899-40920
The chief officer of Richards Brigade of Amazons, sketched by Richard Burton himself. From the book The Life of Captain Sir Richard Burton, volume I, by his wife Isabel Burton, published 1893.
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Portrait of a man from the Aru Islands, in profile, Ernest Alfred Hardouin, after Adrianus Johannes Bik, c. 1837 - c. 1854 drawing Portrait of a man of the Aru islands (head and shoulders), with white headscarf and pink sash, beaded collier and bracelet from Schelp; Southeast Moluccas. Aru Islands (Possible) paper. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush
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Anthropological illustration depicting the Ethiopian Race; by F. E. Guérin. From Dictionnaire pittoresque d'histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature - 1833/1834
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H'co-a-h'co-a-h'cotes-min, No Horns on His Head, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Tripoli, from the Natives in Costume series (N16) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm). Publisher: Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1886.Trade cards from the "Natives in Costume" series (N16), issued in 1886 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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An Aboriginal Warrior, 1886. Artist: Unknown
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Kortes in attire from c. 1840, according to a print or painting. Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Big Snake, Winnebagoes, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (7.3 x 8.3 cm). Publisher: Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1888.Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Native American Portrait With Peace Pipe, 1993, Jerome Kleine, (b.20th. C/American), Oil
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War Club, from the Arms of All Nations series (N3) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands Issued by Allen & Ginter American 1887 Trade cards from the "Arms of All Nations" series (N3), issued in 1887 in a series of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes.
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Nah-Et-Luc-Hopie (1843), Native American, Historical Native American tribes from North America, Charles Bird King (1785, 1862), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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Bear Dance - K'nisteneux. Dated: 1861. Dimensions: overall: 46.5 x 61.2 cm (18 5/16 x 24 1/8 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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Keokuk's Son, Sac & Fox, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size.. Keokuk's Son, Sac & Fox, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 419971
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Many Horns, Blackfeet Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size.. Many Horns, Blackfeet Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
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Central Africa. Indigenous. Engraving. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887.
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Africa. Argelia. Mujer morisca. Grabado de 1860.
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African musician man with calabash instrument. Artist: Andries Beeckman. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1675 - c. 1725. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 320 mm × w 200 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Dahomey, from the Natives in Costume series (N16), Teofani Issue, for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm). Publisher: Plates used from original issue by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia); Issued by Teofani & Company (British). Date: ca. 1886.Trade cards from the "Natives in Costume" series (N16), issued in 1886 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Secondary set from original Allen & Ginter plates printed by Teofani and distributed in Iceland. This set is printed on thinner card stock and does not have printed text on recto or verso. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Eora (Yura) men Cour-rou-bari-gal 1 and Y-erran-gou-la-ga 2. Aborigines of New South Wales, both with scarification and body painting. The tribes were decimated by smallpox from the colonists. Copied from portraits by Nicolas-Martin Petit in Francois Peron's Voyage de Decouvertes aux terres Australes, 1807. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
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Native man of La Magdalena (Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands) with sling, loincloth, headband and tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824. After an illustration by Wilhelm Tilesius from Adam Krusenstern's Voyage, 1813.
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Josef Benedikt Freiherr von Pasqualati (chemist, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.
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Historia de Africa. Siglo XIX. El Congo. Indígena con doble carga. Grabado por Pedro Mullor. 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.
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Demerara, from the Races of Mankind series (T181) issued by Abdul Cigarettes 1881 Issued by Abdul Cigarettes Trade cards from the "Races of Mankind" series (T181), issued in 1881 to promote Abdul Cigarettes.. Demerara, from the Races of Mankind series (T181) issued by Abdul Cigarettes 631443
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Abstracted study of a black man, Wico Jager, in or before 1935 print Sitting figure with mask and beaded chain. transparent paper Africans
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Kee-án-ne-kuk, Foremost Man, Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1830. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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'Moro del sur', 1881, Oil on canvas, 201 x 139 cm, P6045. Author: RICARDO MADRAZO Y GARRETA. Location: CASON DEL BUEN RETIRO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Agate Arrow Point, Warm Springs, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size.. Agate Arrow Point, Warm Springs, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes 419964
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Wúk-mi-ser, Corn, a Miniconjou Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Three Piankeshaw Indians. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.4 x 63.9 cm (18 11/16 x 25 3/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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Costumes de Différents Pays, 'Sauvagesse de la Nouvelle Zelande'. 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
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Three Peoria Indians. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.4 x 63.9 cm (18 11/16 x 25 3/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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Plate 37: St. Anthony Bulto: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico. Dated: 1934/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.). Medium: screenprint on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.
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Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co 1832-33 Henry Inman Inman painted portraits of Native Americans in preparation for the production of hand-colored lithographs for Thomas L. McKenneys "The History of the Indian Tribes of North America" (1836-44). These leaders had originally been painted from life by Charles Bird King, when invited to Washington by the U.S. government and greeted by President James Monroe in 1822. Kings portraits were destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian Institution in 1865, while Inmans series was shown in major cities from New York to London. Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co, Chief of the Pawnees, who wears a striking silver peace medal, is presented as a strong leader, celebrated at the time as "a firm, determined man, an expert hunter, and fearless warrior."Read a Native Perspective on this work.. Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co. Henry Inman (American, Utica, New York 1801-1846 New York). American. 1832-33. Oil on canvas
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Woman, an Arab from Algiers, Algeria, ca 1880 / Frau, Araberin aus Algier, Algerien, ca 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.
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Mask of the New Moon Rufus Alexander Grider (1817-1900) Newberry Library, Chicago
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Ingrid Selmer Larsen, Figurehead Indian, 1935 1942 Figurehead: Indian
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Salvaje Agorero de California. Grabado en color de 1805.
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Native man of Radack Islands (Ratak chain), Marshall Islands, with tattooed chest, blue beard and rolled pandanus-leaf earrings. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands, Ackermann, 1824. Copied from an illustration by Louis Choris in Otto von Kotzebue's Picturesque voyage around the world, 1822.
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Three Navaho Indians. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.4 x 63.7 cm (18 11/16 x 25 1/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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A Flathead Chief with His Family. Dated: 1855/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 62.5 cm (18 1/4 x 24 5/8 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.
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Choco Indians on the road, Colombia, drawing by Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885) from a sketch of the author, Voyage a la Nouvelle Grenade, 1869, by Charles Saffray (1833-1890), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 17, September 21, 1876.
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Wáh-chee-te, Wife of Cler-mónt, and Child. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Portrait of Amistad slave ship kidnap victim, Sengbe Pieh, (Joseph Cinqué), 1840. Engraving from painting by Nathaniel Jocelyn. In the 1997 film, AMISTAD, actor Djimon Hounsou portrayed Sengbe Pieh (BSLOC_2018_5_22)
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Nama or Namaqua woman in animal-skin cape, turban, dakka or talisman hanging from a cord, loincloth, bead jewelry, bracelets and anklets, holding a gourd. Negresse Namaquas. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.
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Navajo Family. Artist: F. Luis Mora (American (born Uruguay), Montevideo 1874-1940 New York). Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 7 11/16 in. (25.2 x 19.5 cm)Mat: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm). Date: ca. 1928.Mora, who studied in Boston and New York and worked throughout the United States, depicted American Indians at various points in his career. This sensitive portrayal of a Navajo family was inspired by Mora's travels in the American Southwest in 1928, just four years after all American Indians were granted United States citizenship. Mora used this drawing as a study for two paintings, one of which he subtitled "The Aristocrats, Navajo Gentry" (whereabouts unknown). He also produced a print derived from this image. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Palawa or Palervar aborigine man and woman with body scarification from Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania, Australia. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen.
1899-20254176
History of Africa. 19th century. Basundi native. Engraving. 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.
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Brazier beginning work on hammering a piece of brass into shape: India Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822.
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Drawing - Hanamuh Kisgahast of Kitsegukla W. Langdon Kihn (1898-1957)
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Salomon, Medicine Man Henry Raschen (American, 1854-1937). Salomon, Medicine Man, ca. 1894. Oil on canvas, 19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (50.5 x 40.5 cm). American Art ca. 1894
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The watercolor painting is based on a drawing that Saint-Mémin made with a physionotrace, a device that mechanically reproduced an outline of a sitters profile. The warrior wears beaded wampum ear-drops and silver ear rim bands. His scalp is shaved except for a lock of dyed hair (BSLOC_2019_9_150)
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Bear Dance, Preparing for a Bear Hunt. oil on canvas. Date: 1835-1837. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Hee-doh-gee-ats, a Chinook boy of 15 or 18 years of age whose head had never been flattened. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Harris after a painting by George Catlin from James Cowles Prichard's Natural History of Man, Balliere, London, 1855.
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Africa. Exploration of Stanley. King Chumbiri. Engraving. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887.
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Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington. Date/Period: From 1837 until 1839. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 736.60 mm (29 in); Width: 609.60 mm (24 in). Author: George Catlin.
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Eagle of Delight, a native American woman of the Oto (Otoe) tribe. Coloured lithograph by Childs & Inman after C. B. King, 1833.
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Hab.t de Terre natal from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 1700-1799 Anonymous, French, 18th century. Hab.t de Terre natal from Playing Cards (for Quartets) 'Costumes des Peuples Étrangers' 415960
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White Shield, Southern Cheyenne, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (7.3 x 8.3 cm). Publisher: Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia). Date: 1888.Trade cards from the "American Indian Chiefs" series (N36), issued in 1888 in a set of 50 cards to promote Allen & Ginter brand cigarettes. Series N36 reproduces the cards from N2 in a larger size. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Indian basket-maker and his wife at work. Hand-coloured engraving published Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1822.