Books and Manuscripts

Bodmer, Karl
Mehkskeme-Sukahs Blackfoot-chief...Tatsicki-Stomick Piëkann chief
Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Published by Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Tab. 45. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Allais after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. Light wear in bottom left corner and along top edge. 18 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. (463 x 628 mm). Graff 4648; Howes M-443a; Pilling 2521; Sabin 47014; Wagner-Camp 76:1

A striking half-length double portrait of two Blackfoot Indian chiefs: Mehkskeme-Sukahs ("Iron Shirt"), and Tatsicki-Stomick ("Middle Bull"). From Bodmer's Travels in the Interior of North America.

A near-fine example.