Printed Ephemera — 1844-03
A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery
Exhibition Catalogue for George Catlin's Indian Gallery exhibited at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly in 1844. The 47 page catalogue gives full descriptive details of the exhibtion of artworks by the American George Catlin depicting portraits, landscapes and costumes of the native American Indians. On the back cover is printed a programme of performances by 'The Nine Ojibbeway Indians' from Canada who came to London to perform specifically at the exhibition. This performing group who 'danced, sang, and ‘scalped’ enemies' were hugely popular with the public although the author Charles Dickens, dismissed the Ojibwe as a ‘party of Indians squatting and spitting...or dancing their miserable jigs after their own dreary manner.’
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- Printed Ephemera
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- 89.297/40
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- A Descriptive Catalogue of Catlin's Indian Gallery
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- 1844-03
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- H 207 mm, W 165 mm
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Permanent collection
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