For your consideration are fifteen, 19th-Century, hand tinted George Catlin (1796-1872) etchings of Native American pictorial drawings and illustration plates, from "Illustrations of the Manners, Customs & Condition of the North American Indians With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among The Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing" by George Catlin 1841. George Catlin (1796–1872) was a 19th-century American painter, author, and traveler who famously abandoned a legal career to document Native American life, creating over 500 paintings known as his "Indian Gallery". Driven by a desire to preserve the appearance and customs of what he termed a "vanishing race," Catlin traveled extensively through the American West in the 1830s, visiting over 48 tribes. The theme of these etchings are portrait style etchings of various Native Americas in traditional attire, holding bows and arrows, holding war clubs, wearing bear claw necklaces and more. The plates (four to a page) included are as follows: 129/130/131/132, 133/134/135/136, 168/169/170/171, 174/175/176/177, 178/179/180/181, 185/186/187/188, 189/190/191/192, 197/198/199/200, 201/202/203/204, 207/208/209/210, 211/212/213/214, 215/216/217/218, 219/220/221/222, 258/259/260/261 and 283/284/285/286. They feature gold gilt edges on the top. They show good condition overall with little wear present and no signs of damage noted. The visible art measures 6 3/4" L x 4 3/4" W, while the entire page measures 9 7/8" L x 6 1/8" W. They have a collective weight of under 6 ounces.