Catlin's Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe: Volume 2: With his North American Indian Collection

di George Catlin (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2014

The American artist George Catlin (1796-1872) was fascinated by the indigenous people of his homeland and spent many years living among them, painting them, and collecting their artefacts. In 1839 he took his vast collection to Europe to exhibit it, and he also toured with groups of visiting Native Americans. This illustrated two-volume account of his experiences was published in 1848. In Volume 2, Catlin discusses his travels with visiting Native Americans to Dublin, and later Paris, where he staged another exhibition and met King Louis Philippe. The final chapter recounts Catlin's attempt to sell his entire collection to the United States government to preserve 'all the records of this dying race'. His earlier account, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians (1841), is also reissued in this series, along with two later books for children about life among various tribes.

• Autore: George Catlin
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
• Anno: 2014
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 380 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 480 gr.
• EAN: 9781108069939

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