Object Number 2004.0068.020

Object Name

Print (Color lithograph)

Title

ARCHERY of the MANDANS

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Frank Henry Sommer, Ph.D.

Creator (Role)

J. McGahey (Lithographer)

George Catlin (Designer and publisher)
1796-1872

Day and Haghe (Lithographer)
1829-1845
The partnership of Day and Haghe (William Day, Sr., and Louis Haghe) were awarded the title "Lithographers to the King", and then "Lithographers to the Queen" after Victoria assumed the throne in 1837.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1844-1844

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Catlin del. _ on Stone by M.\cGahey.
2. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Day & Haghe Lith.\rs to the Queen

Subjects

Genre scene; Landscape; Native American; American Indian

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

16.5 (H) , 22.6 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 17.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.9 (H) , 57.5 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 17.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Catlin, George

Publication Date

1844

Place of Publication

London, England, Untied Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored stones and hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

From: Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio: Huntng Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America/ from drawings and notes of the author made during eight years travel amongst forty-eight of the wildest and most remote tribes of savages of North America" (London: G. Catlin, 1844).

Object Description

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