McKenney and Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America… 1844 Birds/Ornithology Prints Jean Baptiste Benard de la

Jean Baptiste Benard de la Harpe (1683-1765) is one of those quixotic characters who

Representing him engaged in the Grand Match played in the Tennis Court - Lords Cricket Ground

but this dignity is occasionally lost sight of

this monumental painting established Bierstadt as a key competitor of the preeminent landscape painter

These three maps are exceptionally significant due to their historical context and function with regard to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

McKenney and Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America… 1844 Birds/Ornithology Prints Jean Baptiste Benard de laMCKENNEY, Thomas L. (1785 1859) and James HALL (1793 1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough, 1838 (vol. 1); Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1842; 1844 (vols. 2 3), 1844. FIRST EDITION, "OF THE GRANDEST COLOR PLATE BOOK ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES UP TO THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE CENTURY" (Reese). 3 volumes, folio (20" x 14 1 2"). 120 handcolored lithographed plates