Catlin's Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe 2 Volume Set

With His North American Indian Collection
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-108-07015-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 712 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History

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. Volume 1 discusses such events as introducing a group of Native Americans to Queen Victoria. The appendices feature press reviews and a catalogue of the collection. Volume 2 covers travels with visiting Native Americans to Dublin, and later Paris, where Catlin staged another exhibition and met King Louis Philippe. Catlin's 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Catlin, George

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 17. Arrival of fourteen Ioway Indians in London; 18. Character of the doctor; 19. Kind reception at Mr Disraeli's; 20. The doctor and Jim visit several churches; 21. Indians' remarks on the Zoological Gardens; 22. The Ioways in Vauxhall Gardens; 23. Newcastle-on-Tyne; 24. Arrival in Dublin; 25. The author arrives in Paris; 26. Indians at Madame Greene's party; 27. La Morgue; 28. Eleven Ojibbeway Indians arrive from London; 29. Indians' visit to the palace of St Cloud; 30. The author leaves his collection in the Louvre; 31. The author returns to his little children in Paris; Appendices.