Am Arkansas, Antique Native American Frontier Scene Engraving, c.1850

Name: Am Arkansas, Antique Native American Frontier Scene Engraving, c.1850
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-133
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 15.4 × 22.5 cm (6.1 × 8.9 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition with age-related toning, scattered light foxing, and minor handling wear consistent with age. Wide original margins preserved. Please study the photographs carefully for a complete assessment of condition.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Arkansas
Reference: BG-14038-133

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Two riders on the Arkansas, an original steel engraving published in Germany around 1850. The sheet is printed in black. The plate title reads "Am Arkansas" (On the Arkansas), with the Hildburghausen imprint and the publisher's property line in the lower margin.

The scene is set on a wide plain at sunrise. In the foreground a mounted Native American in a feathered headdress, wrapped in a fringed garment, rides along a muddy track beside tall reeds, with a second rider behind him raising an arm to point across the plain. A small pool lies at the right. Beyond them the land is flat to the horizon, where the rising sun sends long rays across a cloudy sky, and the distance is left open.

The Arkansas River rises in Colorado and runs across the southern plains to the Mississippi. The title places the scene on its banks, drawn for a German public with an appetite for views of the American frontier.

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