Antique Print of a Mandan Indian by Grégoire, '1883'

Name: Antique Print of a Mandan Indian by Grégoire, '1883'
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-12287-1
Price: 170 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1883
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 27.5 × 19 cm (10.8 × 7.5 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear/creasing and soiling. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: North Dakota
Reference: BG-12287-1

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

A Mandan man in profile, an original color print from Géographie générale physique, politique et économique by L. Grégoire, published in 1883. The plate is lettered "Indien Mandan (Etats-Unis)" beneath the image, with the imprint of Garnier Frères, Paris, at the lower left and that of the printer Dufrénoy, Paris, at the lower right.

The figure faces right and is shown to the waist. He wears a feather headdress in red, blue and green, beaded ornaments on his hair, and long braids hung with beads and trimmings. A yellow-ochre blanket or robe is draped over his shoulders, and two round blue ornaments with white rims are fixed to his belt at the front. He holds a long bow decorated with red and yellow bands, with a bundle of arrows in his hand. The color is applied in full strength to the figure while the surrounding paper fades out to a vignette.

The Mandan traditionally lived in semi-permanent villages along the Missouri River in what is now North Dakota.

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