Books and Manuscripts

Bodmer, Karl
Sih-Chidä & Mahchsi-Karehde. Mandan Indians
Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Published by Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Tab. 20. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Hurlimann after Bodmer; “C. Bodmer” blindstamp below imprint. Small stain in top left edge; light wear and darkening along left and bottom edges. 24 3/4 x 18 1/4 in. (628 x 463 mm). Graff 4648; Howes M-443a; Pilling 2521; Sabin 47014; Wagner-Camp 76:1

A full-length double portrait of Mandan Indians, Sih-Chidä ("Yellow Feather") and Mahchsi-Karehde ("Flying War Eagle"), composed from sketches by Bodmer at Fort Clark, on the banks of the Missouri River. From Bodmer's Travels in the Interior of North America.

A handsome example.