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"Dance Preparatory to War, Among the Indians of North America", Sherwood, Neely & Jones
Subject: Prints - Native American
Period: 1810 (dated)
Publication: A System of Modern Geography...
Color: Black & White
Size:
9.2 x 6.3 inches
23.4 x 16 cm
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This striking and uncommon engraving appeared in the second volume of John Smith's A System of Modern Geography... (1811). It shows a trio of warriors dancing before battle, surrounded by an apparently peaceful crowd of Indigenous people and colonists.
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Condition: B+
A crisp impression with light toning mostly in the margins and remnants of hinge tape on verso.
Estimate: $80 - $100
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