Plains Indigenous Life and Buffalo Hunt – Set of 19th Century Canadian Engraving

circa 1850 · Views & Engravings

Plains Indigenous Life and Buffalo Hunt – Set of 19th Century Canadian Engraving

Name: Plains Indigenous Life and Buffalo Hunt – Set of 19th Century Canadian Engraving
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-05150-13, -24, -25
Price: 245 USD
Availability: InStock

$245

€220 · dollar price at today's exchange rate

Buy now Ask a question

Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Date: circa 1850
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 12.5 × 20.5 cm (4.9 × 8.1 in)
Condition: Good. Clarity and preservation. Light, even toning throughout; minor foxing spots near margins. Slight binding marks at edges. No tears or repairs. Paper strong and well-preserved.
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-05150-13, -24, -25

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

Three views of Plains Indian life on one sheet, original steel engravings by Lemaitre, engraved in France around 1850 after drawings collected by Alexandre Vattemare. The plates are lettered with the heading "Canada," and the engraver's credit appears below each. The captions along the lower edges are cut off or too faint to read.

The upper plate shows a camp with two large conical lodges, their hide covers painted, with riders in the background. In front, a woman kneels beside a dog and works at the ground while another figure stands near her, and a frame of poles with hanging objects stands at the right. The middle plate shows three men standing in a group in front of the lodges: one wears a fringed hide shirt, carries a decorated lance and has long hair, and the other two, wrapped in robes, hold rifles. Mounted figures ride past in the background. The lower plate shows a buffalo hunt, with a rider drawing a bow as he gallops after a bison and the herd running in the open ground beyond.

The three plates are reproduced as a vertical set from a larger series of North American subjects made for European readers.

★