[Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians] and Letters and notes on the North American Indians
Description:
On verso of title page: C. and J. Adlard, printers, Bartholomew Close, [London]. and Originally published as : Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians. London : Published by the author : printed by Tosswill and M
Publisher:
Henry G. Bohn,
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.) --Description and travel
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Indians of North America --Pictorial works, and Indians of North America --West (U.S.)
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871
Catherwood, Frederick Stephens, John Lloyd, 1805-1852
Published / Created:
1841
Call Number:
2003 261
Image Count:
5
Alternative Title:
Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
Description:
Bookplate of Paul Mellon. Volumes housed together in case. and Laid into v. 1: Autograph letter signed from John L. Stephens to George Virtue (?), dated 31 Nov. 1841.
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers,
Subject (Geographic):
Central America--Antiquities, Central America--Description and travel, Chiapas (Mexico)--Description and travel, Mexico--Antiquities, Mexico--Description and travel, and Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Mellon, Paul--Bookplate and Schreiber, Carl F.--(Carl Frederick)--b. 1886--Bookplate
