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Grieving Native American parents at the forest gravesite of their child.

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Title
Grieving Native American parents at the forest gravesite of their child.
Names
Thorn, Linton (d. 1838) (Wood engraver)
Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Burial customs - American Indian

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1835
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC BURI - Ame
Topics
Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites
Graves
Forests
Grief
Cradleboards
Indians of North America -- 1830-1839
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. An Indian at the burial place of his fathers
Genres
Periodical illustrations
Notes
Content: Illustration of the lines of verse: "Ah, little thought the strong and brave, / Who bore their lifeless chieftain forth; / Or the young wife, that weeping gave / Her first-born to the earth, / That the pale race, who waste us now, / Among their bones should guide the plough.
Content: From April 1835 issue of Family Magazine.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 25.1 x 14.8 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17261466
Barcode: 33333159463765
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e34874d0-c53c-012f-f545-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1835: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Grieving Native American parents at the forest gravesite of their child." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd36-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Grieving Native American parents at the forest gravesite of their child." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd36-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1835). Grieving Native American parents at the forest gravesite of their child. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd36-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Grieving Native American parents at the forest gravesite of their child.