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New York: James Ackerman, 1989. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. A facsimile edition of the New York edition of 1845 which incorporates 6 additional plates from the London edition of 1844 not included in the American edition. Set number 626 of 950, signed by Dana Pratt Director of Publishing Library of Congress, and Robert Abrams President of Abbeville Press. Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio" reflects his years-long effort of painting, living, and traveling among the Great Plains Indians. He had studied law but disliked it. Perhaps the fact that his mother had been kidnapped by Indians and returned after the Revolutionary war Battle of Wyoming; perhaps the trappers and adventurers who passed through their Wilkes Barre home on their way to the West; perhaps his sighting of several tribal chiefs in Philadelphia led him to dedicate himself to recording their way of life: "The history and customs of such a people, preserved by pictorial illustrations, are themes worthy of the…
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Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio (Leatherbound) Hardcover - 1989
by James Ackerman
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- Title Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio (Leatherbound)
- Author James Ackerman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Facsimile
- Pages 26
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Abbeville Publishing Group
- Date 1989-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9780896599512 / 0896599515
- Weight 12 lbs (5.44 kg)
- Dimensions 25 x 20.5 x 2.3 in (63.50 x 52.07 x 5.84 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Plains
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - West (U.S.), Catlin, George
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89194482
- Dewey Decimal Code 769.92
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