Scalping
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806896
Item data
Title
Scalping
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Indians -- North America -- Eastern-Northern -- 1700s
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1859
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor-E 17
Subjects
Indians of North America -- 1700-1799
Indian weapons -- 1700-1799
Indians of North America -- Men -- Kentucky -- 1700-1799
Dead persons -- Kentucky -- 1700-1799
Scalping -- Kentucky -- 1700-1799
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Kentucky ca. 1779."
Source Note: Heroes and hunters of the West : comprising sketches and adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnston, etc. (Philadelphia : H. C. Peck Theo. Bliss, 1859).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Foxing on image.
Extent: 1 print : b ; 11 x 9 cm. (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17175889
Barcode: 33333159345368
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 79237ec0-c554-012f-a5a8-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1859
Cite this item
MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Scalping" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/79237ec0-c554-012f-a5a8-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1859). Scalping Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/79237ec0-c554-012f-a5a8-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Scalping" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/79237ec0-c554-012f-a5a8-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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