Dec 11, 2003 - Sale 1990

Sale 1990 - Lot 333

Price Realized: $ 1,380
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(INDIANS.) Boilly, Louis Leopold. Osages. Pair of hand-colored lithographed plates, each a group portrait of 3 Osages as they appeared in Paris in August 1827, captioned in French, on small folio sheets; uniformly matted and framed. Paris, circa 1827

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From an unidentified but contemporary source. In August 1827, 6 Osage Indians were brought to Paris where they caused a great sensation. The group consisted of 4 men and 2 women. Each print shows 2 men and one woman, artfully arranged and with their Indian names given.