Featured in this lot are nine 19th-Century, hand tinted George Catlin (1796-1872) etchings of Native American pictorial drawings and illustration plates, from "Illustrations of the Manners, Customs & Condition of the North American Indians With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among The Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing" by George Catlin 1841. George Catlin (1796?1872) was a 19th-century American painter, author, and traveler who famously abandoned a legal career to document Native American life, creating over 500 paintings known as his "Indian Gallery". Driven by a desire to preserve the appearance and customs of what he termed a "vanishing race," Catlin traveled extensively through the American West in the 1830s, visiting over 48 tribes. The etchings show six, Native American pictograph plates and three illustration plates with one showing Native American bags and/or papoose, the second showing ceremonial masks, drums, a papoose, skulls and dance sticks with the third showing snow shoes and canoes. They show the plate number at the bottom and the page number in the top right. The bottom left reads, "G. Catlin". The plates included are as follows: 210 1/2, 232, 240, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310 and 311. They shows golt gilt edges on the top and rough cuts as they were taken from one of the editions of books. They show good condition overall with little wear present and no signs of damage noted. The visible art measures 6 7/8" L x 5" W, while the entire piece measures 9 7/8" L x 5 7/8" W. They have a collective weight of under 6 ounces.

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