American Indian histories and cultures. [Art] 1565-1922 1830-1909

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Electronic reproduction of art works selected from the Edward E. Ayer Collection in the Newberry Library. The art works represented within the resource include oil portraits by Elbridge Burbank of ...

Electronic reproduction of art works selected from the Edward E. Ayer Collection in the Newberry Library. The art works represented within the resource include oil portraits by Elbridge Burbank of prominent figures such as Geronimo, Simon Pokagon and Red Cloud. There are significant collections of sketches, paintings and illustrations by Frederick Catherwood, George Catlin, Karl Bodmer and Frédéric de Waldeck, including portraits, images of Aztec and Mayan ruins, buffalo and North American landscapes. The collection also includes native artwork such as the Black Horse ledger, the Wadsworth ledger book, Hawgone's drawings and Mesoamerican pictorial manuscripts.

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