Catlin s Notes of Eight Years Travels and Residence in Europe: Volume - With His North American Indian Collection

Informationen zum Autor George Catlin was an American painter and writer. In 1823 he gave up his law practice to pursue his self-taught art, painting portraits in Philadelphia, Washington, D. C. and Albany, New York. After meeting a tribal delegation of Native Americans from the Far West he became eager to preserve the vanishing tribes and customs of the Native Americans through his art. Klappentext An American artist's two-volume account! published in 1848! of exhibiting his collection of Native American paintings and artefacts in Europe. Zusammenfassung After years of painting Native Americans and accumulating their artefacts, American artist George Catlin (1796–1872) took his collection to Europe. He recalls the experience in this two-volume account, published in 1848. In Volume 1, he focuses on London, where he introduced visiting Native Americans to Queen Victoria. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The author embarks at New York; 2. Howling of the grizly bears; 3. Letters of introduction; 4. Indian collection arranged for exhibition; 5. Author's illness; 6. The author's wife and two children arrive; 7. The author dines with the Royal Highland Society; 8. Their Royal Highnesses visit the collection; 9. Consequent troubles; 10. Difficulty of procuring lodgings for the Indians; 11. Ojibbeways visit the mayor in town-hall; 12. Indians on the housetops; 13. Preparations for visiting the Queen; 14. A day appointed for a talk about religion; 15. Exhibition rooms; 16. Mr Rankin resolves to take the Indians to the provincial towns; Appendices; A descriptive catalogue of Catlin's Indian collection.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Catlin, Catlin George
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9781108069922
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06992-2
• Pagine: 332
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, Europe, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Europe / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, TRAVEL / United States / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Indigenous Peoples, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Native American people, Classic Travel Writing, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General