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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8kw5gt6 No online items American Indian Print Collection The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © July 2019 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. American Indian Print Collection pri520 1 Overview of the Collection Title: American Indian Print Collection Dates: 18th to 19th century Collection Number: pri520 Extent: 129 prints in 2 boxes; prints 53 cm. x 48 cm. (21 in. x 19 in.) and smaller. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection contains prints of American Indians mainly from the Midwestern and Eastern United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. Many of the prints depict romanticized views of Native Americans, including but not limited to their daily life, peaceful and violent interactions with Europeans and Americans, and portraits of important leaders and figures. Language of Material: English Note: Finding aid last updated on July 1, 2019. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Item title, Call number]. American Indian Print Collection. Huntington Library. Prints and Ephemera Division. Acquisition Information This collection is of uncertain provenance and previously formed part of the Huntington Library Prints and Ephemera Collection. Items 52:2 and 68:2 were missing as of March 2013 when the collection was reprocessed. Scope and Content of Collection This collection consists of more than 120 prints of American Indians during the 18th to 19th centuries. The images primarily portray romanticized views of Native Americans, including, but not limited to, their daily life, peaceful and violent interactions with Europeans and Americans, and portraits of important leaders and figures. The majority of the tribes depicted in the prints are located on the East Coast and in the Midwest. The collection contains portraits of notable Native Americans including Pocahontas, Red Jacket, Philip (Metacom) of the Wampanogas, Samson Occom, Powhatan, Theyanoguin, and Tecumseh. Prominent Europeans and Americans appear as well, including Captain John Smith, William Augustus Bowles, William Penn, Zachary Taylor, and William Henry Harrison. A significant portion of the prints are of bison hunting and Indian ceremonies by artist George Catlin and various Indian daily life scenes by artist Seth Eastman. Other notable images consist of battles between Indians and American settlers and soldiers, Indians playing ball games, dance ceremonies, caring for crops, and Christian missionaries among the Indians. The items incorporate intaglio, planographic, and relief printing techniques and include lithographs, wood engravings, engravings, and mezzotints. Box 1 holds 18 prints (1-9; 11-18; 31), Box 2 holds 111 prints (10:1; 19-30; 32-84). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects American bison hunting Dakota Indians Fox Indians American Indian Print Collection pri520 2 Indians of North America – Pictorial works Mandan Indians Mohawk Indians Pawnee Indians Pequot War, 1636-1638 Powhatan Indians Sauk Indians Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 Siksika Indians Sun dance United States—History—War of 1812 Bowles, William Augustus, 1763 or 4-1805--Portraits Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792--Pictorial works Deerfoot, d. 1896--Portraits Eliot, John, 1604-1690--Pictorial works Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841--Pictorial works McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777--Pictorial works Occom, Samson, 1723-1792--Portraits Penn, William, 1644-1718--Pictorial works Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, d. 1676--Portraits Pocahontas, d. 1617--Portraits Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618--Pictorial works Red Jacket, Seneca chief, ca. 1756-1830--Pictorial works Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795--Portraits Smith, John, 1580-1631--Pictorial works Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850--Pictorial works Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813--Pictorial works Theyanoguin, Hendrick Peters, 1692-1755--Portraits Pocahontas, d. 1617--Pictorial works Genres Chromolithographs Engravings Lithographs Mezzotints Prints Printer, Publisher, Artist Index The following is a complete list of artists and printers represented in the collection. Agate, Alfred T., 1812-1846 Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1850 Armytage, James Charles, d. 1897 Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893 Brown, George Loring, 1814-1889 Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Catlin, George, 1796-1872 Chamberlin, Mason, d. 1787 Chapin, John R., 1823-1894 Chapman, J.G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889 Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887 American Indian Print Collection pri520 3 Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905 Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844 Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 Danforth, Moseley Isaac, 1800-1862 Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 Doney, Thomas, fl. 1844-1852 Drayton, Joseph Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886 Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875 Ellis, George B. Faber, John, 1695?-1756 Fay, Augustus, b. ca. 1824 Frenzeny, Paul Gavit, John E., 1817-1874 Hatch, George W., ca. 1805-1867 Hicks, George Elgar, 1824-1914 Hinshelwood, Robert, b. 1812 Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879 Jordan, Henry Kern, Edward Meyer, 1823-1863 King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 Lens, Bernard, 1682-1740 Leroux, Eugène Matteson, Tompkins Harrison, 1813-1884 McNevin, John McRae, John C. Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon, 1823-1909 Rawdon, Ralph, b. 1793 Ridgway, W. (William), fl. 1863-1894 Rogers, John, 1808-1888(?) Rolph, John A., 1799-1862 Rosenthal, L.N. (Louis N.) Sartain, John, 1808-1897 Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 9 Sharp, William, 1749-1824 Simon, John, 1675-ca. 1755 Smillie, James David, 1833-1909 Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872 Storm, G.F. Tavernier, Jules, 1844-1889 Thompson, D. George, d. ca. 1870 Verelst, John, b. 1648 Wagstaff, Charles Edward, 1808-1850 Warren, Asa Coolidge, 1819-1904 Warren, Henry, 1794-1879 Webber, John, 1751-1793 Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889 American Indian Print Collection pri520 4 Wellstood, William, 1819-1900 West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 List of Prints Arrangement Items 1-9, 11-18, and 31 are housed in Box 1, and items 10, 19-30, and 32-84 are housed in Box 2. Box 1, Item 1 Bernard Lens [the younger]. The Four Indian Kings: Tee Yee Need Ho Ga Row—Emperor of the Six Nations. Sa Ga Yeen Qua Roh Tow—King of the Maquas. Oh Nee Yeath Tow No Riow—King of the Generethgrich. Bernard Lens [the younger]. Mezzotint. Box 1, Item 2 John Verelst. Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row. John Simon. Mezzotint, 1st state, 1710. Note See item 3 for later state of print. Box 1, Item 3 John Verelst. Tee Yee Neen Ho Ga Row. John Simon. Mezzotint, 3rd state, circa 1755. Note See item 2 for earlier state of print. Box 1, Item 4 John Verelst. Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Tow. John Simon. Mezzotint, 3rd state, circa 1755. Box 1, Item 5 John Verelst. Sa Ga Yeath Qua Pieth Ton. John Simon. Mezzotint, 1st state, 1710. Box 1, Item 6 John Verelst. Etow Oh Koam. John Simon. Mezzotint. Note See item 7 for different state of print. Box 1, Item 7 John Verelst. Etow Oh Koam. John Simon. Mezzotint, 3rd state, circa 1755. Note See item 6 for different state of print. Box 1, Item 8 Sa Ga Yean Qua Rash Tow. Pieter Schenck [the Elder]. Mezzotint. Box 1, Item 9 On Nee Yeath Tow No Riow. Pieter Schenck [the Elder]. Mezzotint. Box 2, Item 10:1 Simon [van] de Passe. Pocahontas [Matoaka Rolfe (1596-1617)] BM 2. Engraving. Box 2, Item 10:2 John Gadsby Chapman. Crowning of Powhaton. Robert Hinshelwood. Engraving. Box 1, Item 11 John Verelst. Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row. John Simon. Mezzotint, 3rd state. circa 1755. Box 1, Item 12 John Verelst. Ho Nee Yeath Tan Ro Ron. John Simon. Mezzotint. Box 1, Item 13 William Verelst. Tomo Chachi Mico or King of Yamacran and Tooanahowi, his nephew. John Faber [Jr.]. Mezzotint. Box 1, Item 14 Hendrick, Chief of the Mohawks. Lithograph. Box 1, Item 15 John Webber. A Man of Nootka Sound. William Sharp. Lithograph. Box 1, Item 16 Robert Rogers (1731-1795) American frontier soldier. Mezzotint. Box 1, Item 17 Mason Chamberlin. Samson Occom : Missionary to American Indians. Jonathan Spilsbury. Mezzotint. Box 1, Item 18 Thomas Hardy. William Augustus Bowles. Chief of Embassy for Creek and Cherokee Nations. Joseph Grozer. Mezzotint. Box 2, Item 19 Seth Eastman. Protecting the cornfields from vermin. James David Smillie. Engraving. Box 2, Item 20 Seth Eastman. Ball play on the ice. Charles Edward Wagstaff & Joseph Andrews. Engraving. Box 2, Item 21 Seth Eastman. Indian woman dressing a buffalo skin. Charles Edward Wagstaff & Joseph Andrews. Engraving. Box 2, Item 22 Seth Eastman. Indians and Spaniards reaching an agreement (?). Engraving. American Indian Print Collection pri520 5 List of Prints Box 2, Item 23 Seth Eastman. Indian burial ground. Charles Edward Wagstaff & Joseph Andres. Engraving. Box 2, Item 24 Seth Eastman. Spearing fish in winter. Charles Edward Wagstaff & Joseph Andrews. Engraving. Box 2, Item 25 Seth Eastman. Dog dance of the Dahcotas. Charles Edward Wagstaff & Joseph Andrews. Engraving. Box 2, Item 26 Seth Eastman. Landing of Columbus (?). Engraving. Box 2, Item 27 Seth Eastman. Indian ball game. Engraving. Box 2, Item 28 Seth Eastman. Transporting the wounded. Charles Edward Wagstaff & Joseph Andrews. Engraving. Box 2, Item 29 Seth Eastman. Indian woman procuring fuel. Charles Edward Wagstaff & Joseph Andrews. Engraving. Box 2, Item 30:1 Pocahontas.