Overview of the Collection
Access
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: American Indian Print Collection
Dates: 18th to 19th century
Collection Number: pri520
Extent: 129 prints in 2 boxes; prints 53 cm. x 48 cm. (21 in. x 19 in.) and smaller.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Prints and Ephemera
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains prints of American Indians mainly from the Midwestern and Eastern United States during the 18th and
19th centuries.
Many of the prints depict romanticized views of Native Americans, including but not limited to their daily life, peaceful
and violent interactions with Europeans and Americans, and
portraits of important leaders and figures.
Language of Material: English
Note:
Finding aid last updated on July 1, 2019.
Access
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Item title, Call number]. American Indian Print Collection. Huntington Library. Prints and Ephemera Division.
Acquisition Information
This collection is of uncertain provenance and previously formed part of the Huntington Library Prints and Ephemera Collection.
Items 52:2 and 68:2 were missing as of March 2013 when the collection was reprocessed.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of more than 120 prints of American Indians during the 18th to 19th centuries. The images primarily
portray romanticized views of Native
Americans, including, but not limited to, their daily life, peaceful and violent interactions with Europeans and Americans,
and portraits of important leaders and figures. The majority of the tribes depicted in the prints are located
on the East Coast and in the Midwest.
The collection contains portraits of notable Native Americans including Pocahontas, Red Jacket, Philip (Metacom) of the Wampanogas,
Samson Occom,
Powhatan, Theyanoguin, and Tecumseh. Prominent Europeans and Americans appear as well, including Captain John Smith, William
Augustus Bowles, William Penn, Zachary Taylor, and William Henry Harrison.
A significant portion of the prints are of bison hunting and Indian ceremonies by artist George Catlin and various Indian
daily life scenes by artist Seth Eastman.
Other notable images consist of battles between Indians and American settlers and soldiers, Indians playing ball games, dance
ceremonies, caring for crops, and Christian missionaries among the Indians.
The items incorporate intaglio, planographic, and relief printing techniques and include lithographs, wood engravings, engravings,
and mezzotints.
Box 1 holds 18 prints (1-9; 11-18; 31), Box 2 holds 111 prints (10:1; 19-30; 32-84).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
American bison hunting
Dakota Indians
Fox Indians
Indians of North America – Pictorial works
Mandan Indians
Mohawk Indians
Pawnee Indians
Pequot War, 1636-1638
Powhatan Indians
Sauk Indians
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
Siksika Indians
Sun dance
United States—History—War of 1812
Bowles, William Augustus, 1763 or 4-1805--Portraits
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792--Pictorial works
Deerfoot, d. 1896--Portraits
Eliot, John, 1604-1690--Pictorial works
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841--Pictorial works
McCrea, Jane, 1753-1777--Pictorial works
Occom, Samson, 1723-1792--Portraits
Penn, William, 1644-1718--Pictorial works
Philip, Sachem of the Wampanoags, d. 1676--Portraits
Pocahontas, d. 1617--Portraits
Powhatan, ca. 1550-1618--Pictorial works
Red Jacket, Seneca chief, ca. 1756-1830--Pictorial works
Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795--Portraits
Smith, John, 1580-1631--Pictorial works
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850--Pictorial works
Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813--Pictorial works
Theyanoguin, Hendrick Peters, 1692-1755--Portraits
Pocahontas, d. 1617--Pictorial works
Genres
Chromolithographs
Engravings
Lithographs
Mezzotints
Prints
Printer, Publisher, Artist Index
The following is a complete list of artists and printers represented in the collection.
Agate, Alfred
T., 1812-1846
Andrews, Joseph,
1806-1850
Armytage, James
Charles, d. 1897
Bodmer, Karl,
1809-1893
Brown, George
Loring, 1814-1889
Buttre, John Chester,
1821-1893
Catlin, George,
1796-1872
Chamberlin, Mason,
d. 1787
Chapin, John R.,
1823-1894
Chapman, J.G.
(John Gadsby), 1808-1889
Chappel, Alonzo,
1828-1887
Corbould, Edward
Henry, 1815-1905
Corbould, H. (Henry),
1787-1844
Currier, Nathaniel,
1813-1888
Danforth, Moseley
Isaac, 1800-1862
Darley, Felix
Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Doney, Thomas,
fl. 1844-1852
Drayton, Joseph
Duval, Peter S.,
1804 or 5-1886
Eastman, Seth,
1808-1875
Ellis, George
B.
Faber, John, 1695?-1756
Fay, Augustus,
b. ca. 1824
Frenzeny, Paul
Gavit, John E.,
1817-1874
Hatch, George
W., ca. 1805-1867
Hicks, George
Elgar, 1824-1914
Hinshelwood, Robert,
b. 1812
Jocelyn, Simeon
Smith, 1799-1879
Jordan, Henry
Kern, Edward Meyer,
1823-1863
King, Charles
Bird, 1785-1862
Lens, Bernard,
1682-1740
Leroux, Eugène
Matteson, Tompkins
Harrison, 1813-1884
McNevin, John
McRae, John C.
Miller, Alfred
Jacob, 1810-1874
Oertel, Johannes
Adam Simon, 1823-1909
Rawdon, Ralph,
b. 1793
Ridgway, W. (William),
fl. 1863-1894
Rogers, John,
1808-1888(?)
Rolph, John A.,
1799-1862
Rosenthal, L.N.
(Louis N.)
Sartain, John,
1808-1897
Schenk, Peter,
1660-1718 or 9
Sharp, William,
1749-1824
Simon, John, 1675-ca.
1755
Smillie, James
David, 1833-1909
Stanley, John
Mix, 1814-1872
Storm, G.F.
Tavernier, Jules,
1844-1889
Thompson, D. George,
d. ca. 1870
Verelst, John,
b. 1648
Wagstaff, Charles
Edward, 1808-1850
Warren, Asa Coolidge,
1819-1904
Warren, Henry,
1794-1879
Webber, John,
1751-1793
Weir, Robert Walter,
1803-1889
Wellstood, William,
1819-1900
West, Benjamin,
1738-1820