The 1833 map depicts the geographical distribution of the main Indigenous tribes in the United States in the early 19th century, before the full implementation of the policies of forced removal westwards. Published in the third volume of “The Indian Tribes of North America” by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, issued in several volumes between 1836 and 1844 and reissued by the publisher John Grant in the 20th century, it accompanies a great illustrated work devoted to the biographies and portraits of Native chiefs. The lithograph, attributed to George Catlin, graphically renders a Euro-American vision of the “Indian nations”, classifying them by area and family, and bears witness both to the attempt to document cultures perceived as disappearing and to the colonial context that was redrawing their territories.
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Print on handmade Amalfi paper Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
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