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This is an original work of art colored engraving by George Catlin (1796-1882) from the, "Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Conditions of the North American Indians with letters and notes, Written during EightYears of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing. by George Catlin." This was printed in London by Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly 1876. The engraving shows plate number 158showing a beautiful scene across the west having a line flowing into the horizon of Cavalry Soldiers interrupting a Native American Buffalo Hunt. The entire page measures 6 3/8"x9 7/8" George Catlin was thefirst artist to observe the tribes of the Plains Indians and to illustrate their habits and customs from first-hand observation. His belief in the "noble savage", unspoiled by contact with the outside world, sustained himas he crossed and re-crossed the country - from the Mississippi to the Rockies - gathering raw material for his Indian Gallery.