Native Americans from just a little bit back. A bison too but he fits right in. Lithographs from George Catlin’s “North American Indian Portfolio” which was printed in London in 1844. Also a few more lithographs from “Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America” which also date to the 1840s, too.

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Catching the wild horse. Lithograph number 4 from George Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio. 1844. American but printed in London, England by C. and J. Adlard. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/(AMERICAN-INDIANS)-George-Catlin-Catlins-North-American-Indi?saleno=2615&lotNo=1&refNo=799840

North American Indians. Lithograph from George Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio. 1844. American but printed in London, England by C. and J. Adlard. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/(AMERICAN-INDIANS)-George-Catlin-Catlins-North-American-Indi?saleno=2615&lotNo=1&refNo=799840

Buffalo hunt and chase. Lithograph from George Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio. 1844. American but printed in London, England by C. and J. Adlard. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/(AMERICAN-INDIANS)-George-Catlin-Catlins-North-American-Indi?saleno=2615&lotNo=1&refNo=799840

An Indian ball-play. Buffalo hunt and chase. Lithographic plate number 23 from George Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio. 1844. American but printed in London, England by C. and J. Adlard. Collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2000978

Wi-jun-jon, an Assinneboin Chief. Going to Washington; Returning to his home. 1845. American. Lithograph. From George Catlin’s Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. Day and Hayge, printers. Collections of the New York Public Library. Lithograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-dc0b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Bison (buffalo). 1845. American. Lithograph. From George Catlin’s Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. Day and Hayge, printers. Collections of the New York Public Library. Lithograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-dc0b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book?parent=ff5044c0-c6bb-012f-ddbd-3c075448cc4b#page/3/mode/2up
Ball players. 1845. American. Lithograph. From George Catlin’s Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. Day and Hayge, printers. Collections of the New York Public Library. Lithograph itself in the public domain due to age. via https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-dc07-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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