McKenney and Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America… 1844 Birds/Ornithology Prints but this dignity is occasionally

but this dignity is occasionally lost sight of

Camp of the Gros Ventres of the Prairies

A testament to its popularity

this monumental painting established Bierstadt as a key competitor of the preeminent landscape painter

McKenney and Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America… 1844 Birds/Ornithology Prints but this dignity is occasionallyMCKENNEY, Thomas L. (1785 1859) and James HALL (1793 1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough, 1838 (vol. 1); Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1842; 1844 (vols. 2 3), 1844. FIRST EDITION, "OF THE GRANDEST COLOR PLATE BOOK ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES UP TO THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE CENTURY" (Reese). 3 volumes, folio (20" x 14 1 2"). 120 handcolored lithographed plates