Bodmer print of Blackfoot Indian

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Author: Bodmer, Carl
Title: A Blackfoot Indian on Horse-back
Place Published: London
Publisher:Ackermann & Co.
Date Published: [1843 - printed later?]
Description:

Hand-colored engraved plate from the atlas volume of the English or French edition of Prince Maximilian of Wied's Voyage dans l'Intérieur de l'Amérique du Nord (Reise in das innere Nord-America). Engraved by Beyer after the painting by Bodmer. Numbered Vig. XIX at upper right. Image approx. 19x25 cm (6½x9¾"), sheet size 32.5x40.4 cm (12¾x16")

Engraved plate after Carl Bodmer recording the important travel narrative by Prince Maximilian, noted naturalist and explorer. He was accompanied on the expedition by the Swiss artist Carl Bodmer, whose numerous sketches in the field were used to illustrate the monumental work. All three editions, German, English and French, used the same atlas, issued in Paris; the present plate has the imprints of the German and French publishers as well as the English (which is in the center). The captions are in German, French and English (the English being smaller). This is one of the smaller "vignetten" plates, sometimes issued separately from the larger atlas plates. This example without Bodmer's blindstamp in lower margin, indicating a later restrike.
Condition Report: Mat-burn around image edges, tape remnants in upper margin; very good.