CURTIS, EDWARD SHERRIFF (1868-1952)
Nine large-format photogravures from Portfolio XVIII and XIX, The North American Indian. Image sizes: 15 1/2 x 11 inches (292 x 397 mm) or the reverse, printed on Van Gelder Holland Zonen watermarked paper, with letterpress copyright, credit, title, plate number, and Suffolk England Co., Boston printer's credit in the margin. Two plates with offset from a tissue, no longer present, else generally in fine condition, untrimmed on full sheet.
The subjects are Blackfoot country, plate no. 636; A Blackfoot travois, plate no. 637, Medicine-headdress - Blackfoot, plate no. 638; Oksoyapiw - Blackfoot, plate no. 639; Wakonda - Oto, plate no. 677; Old Eagle - Oto plate no. 679; Esipermi - Comanche, plate no. 682; Uwat - Comanche, plate no. 684; and A Comanche mother, plate no. 685.