Name/Title
LITHOGRAPHEntry/Object ID
143/268Description
Lipan Apache Warrior, Arthur Schott, Artist . Color lithograph. Apache warrior seated on brown horse with stirrups, rope hanging from side. He is wearing full leggings, stripped long sleeves, a cloth headband, and carrying a rifle slung across his arms. Desert scene. Lithograph by Sarony, Major, and Knapp, New York. c. 1851
Arthur Schott (1814-1875), a German schooled at the Royal Gardens in Stuttgart and Institute of Agriculture in Hohenstein, was hired by the United States Boundary Commission in 1851, working with William H. Emory survey the boundary between Texas and west to Yuma. Schott did over 200 drawings, with 25 watercolors.
Lithographs and engravings based on Schott's Texas drawings were published in Emory's official report, most notably those of Seminole, Lipan Apache, and Kiowa Indians, the Military Plaza in San Antonio, Mexican military colony of Piedras Negras, and falls of the Rio Grande.Collection
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Lipan Apache Warrior, Southwest Indian Tribes, Native American, Apache