Lot 309
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GEORGE CATLIN

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GEORGE CATLIN

Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. from Drawings and Notes of the Author..., London, G. Catlin, 1844 (Abbey, Travel, 653; Sabin 11532)

twenty-four lithographs with hand-coloring and touches of gum arabic, lacking Buffalo Dance, on smooth, heavy, wove paper mounted on card with ink-ruled frames and mounted titles indicating the deluxe edition, the colors fine, the full sheets, Wounded Buffalo Bull with a pinhole at bottom, several plates with tiny, unobtrusive surface nicks, all the mounts with some paper losses and pale mat staining, some with tears and remains of old tape, all with pale mat staining on the reverse, generally in very good condition, original bound text, later buckram-covered portfolio (worn), sold as a collection of plates not subject to return, all framed. all S. 467 x 616mm. (24)

Lot Essay

Including: North American Indians; Buffalo Bull, Grazing; Wild Horses, at Play; Catching the Wild Horse; Buffalo Hunt, Chase; Buffalo Hunt, Chase; Buffalo Hunt, Chase; Buffalo Hunt, A Suround; Buffalo Hunt, White Wolves Attacking a Buffalo Bull; Buffalo Hunt, Approaching in a Ravine; Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back; Buffalo Hunt, Under the White Wolf Skin; The Snow-Shoe Dance; Buffalo Hunt, on Snow Shoes; Wounded Buffalo Bull; Dying Buffalo Bull, In Snow Drift; The Bear Dance; Attacking the Grizzly Bear; Antelope Shooting; Ball Players; Ball-Play Dance; Ball Play; Archery of the Mandans; and Wi-Jun-Jon