ENGLISH PETER MORAN 1893 CHROMOLITHOGRAPH - TURKEY DANCE - PUEBLO OF JEMEZ, NEW MEXICO

PUBLISHER: Julius Bien & Co. Lith. New York

From the ELEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (1890 Census). Robert P. Porter, Superintendent. Porter served as Superintendent of Census from 1889 until his resignation in 1893. This published report consisted of 15 volumes along with a statistical atlas, reports on social and vital statistics and an Extra Census Bulletin: "Report on Indians Taxed and Indians Not Taxed". Peter Moran (1841-1914) was the youngest in a family of noted painters and etchers: brothers Edward, Leon, Thomas, and sister in law Mary. Peter was one of a group of eleven artists commissioned by the Federal government to illustrate this bulletin. The resulting document was considered the most thorough study to date on Native American life.

Site size: 11" x 8" 1/2

Frame size: 17" x 15"

Condition:

In very good antique condition, framed under glass