Antique Chromolithograph of a Native American Village Scene, circa 1890
€ 170
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1890
Sheet size
31.2 × 40.2 cm (12.3 × 15.8 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-12956-22
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Good condition. Colors are vivid and stable. A central vertical fold is visible, consistent with prints originally issued in bound volumes. Light toning or minor spots in the margin may be present, but the image area is clean and well-preserved.
About this sheet
A village of the Plains peoples as imagined by a European printmaker, a chromolithograph titled "Ein Indianerdorf" (An Indian Village) and numbered 22 at the top of the sheet. It dates from about 1890 and belongs to a numbered series of German pictures.
Tepees with painted designs stand in a grassy clearing, with wooded hills and mountains beyond. At the left, a group of women sits around a cooking pot with children close by, and in the center a young man in fringed leggings leans back on a rope, holding a rearing brown horse. At the right a line of seated and standing men wear feather headdresses and wrap themselves in colored blankets, with one in a long war bonnet and another carrying a tomahawk. In the background a pair of riders approach the village across the plain.
The picture reflects the fascination of European readers with the peoples of the American West in the later nineteenth century. Like others of its kind, it was made for teaching and for the popular market, and it is idealized rather than documentary.
