Seth Eastman collection

Collection

Identifier: Mss 5305

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes 5 engravings depicting scenes of North American Native peoples and buffalo, 1847, 22.9 x 31.7 cm and 23.1 x 31.8 cm.

Dates

Creation: 1847

Creator

Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875 (Artist, Person)
Hinshelwood, Robert, 1812-1879 (Engraver, Person)
Smillie, James, 1807-1885 (Engraver, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection includes 5 engravings depicting scenes of North American Native peoples and buffalo.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Prints: Old and Rare, San Francisco, California.

Publication note

Many of these lithographs appear in "The American aboriginal portfolio" by Mary H. Eastman, published in Philadelphia by Lippincott Grambo & Co., 1853.