Illustration
Category
Books
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Each picture (min) - 215 mm (width); 259 mm (height), Each picture (max) - 235 mm (width); 259 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669955
Summary
A set of colour-printed pictures which may have once been illustrations in a book. They depict various 'Cowboys and Indians' tropes including, possibly, Buffalo Bill (one shows a man resembling him, on horseback, firing a rifle at one of two buffaloes). This picture is stuck back-to-back with another one, this one showing a Native American camp, with a stereotypical representation of a Native American chief on horseback in the centre. One side of each sheet, the one with the large picture, is quite glossy. The other is more matt, and has usually three small illustrations, labelled 1 to 3. Some of the pictures are quite torn at one side, and have a few dirty marks. Total number of items is 6. The representation of Native Americans in these illustrations is of a generic ‘American Indian’ stereotype that does not reflect the diversity of Indigenous nations. This stereotype was perpetuated by Wild West stage shows, most famously those of William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody and later in Western films. Caricatures in these entertainments informed the game of 'Cowboys and Indians' which became popular in the United States and Europe.