American Indians In British Art 1700-1840

Ask anyone the world over to identify a figure in buckskins with a feather bonnet, and the answer will be "Indian." This stereotypical image is, of course, based on a narrow perception of Indian identity. Many works of art produced by non-Native artists, both European and American, have reflected such a limited viewpoint. In American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840, Stephanie Pratt explores for the first time an artistic tradition that avoided simplification and that instead portrayed Native peoples in a surprisingly complex light.
Placing artistic works in historical context, Pratt shows how Indian diplomatic embassies to London were commemorated, how Indian roles in colonial warfare were depicted, and how events involving contact between Europeans and Indians were interpreted.
American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840, is richly illustrated with both color and black-and-white illustrations, some of them published here for the first time.