Original 1883 Etching of Sioux Native Americans at Standing Rock Reservation

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This is an original etching from Harper's Weekly of Sioux Native Americans at the Standing Rock Reservation in 1883 illistrated by Henry Farney.
Henry François Farny (1847- 1916) was an American painter and illustrator. His work was centered on the life of Native Americans in the 19th-century United States.  At age 12 their family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Attracted by painting and drawing, the young man became an illustrator for magazines and books for children. When he was 18 years old, Harper's Weekly published a double page view of Cincinnati he made.
In 1881, inspired by the developing market for Indian paintings, Farny traveled up the Missouri River, making sketches, taking notes and photography, and collecting artifacts. On several more trips West he did the same, until his Cincinnati studio contained enough material for almost any Indian subject he wished to illustrate. Upon his return to Cincinnati, he remarked: "The plains, the buttes, the whole country and its people are fuller of material for the artist than any country in Europe."  He was known for capturing the emptions and plight of Native Americans in a time when they were being pushed in every direction.  Farny was one of the founding members of the Cincinnati Art Club and served as its second president from 1892–94. Theodore Roosevelt once said to Farny: "Farny, the nation owes you a great debt. It does not realize it now but it will some day. You are preserving for future generations phases of American history that are rapidly passing away."
Henry François Farny (1847- 1916) was an American painter and illustrator. His work was centered on the life of Native Americans in the 19th-century United States.
At age 12 their family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Attracted by painting and drawing, the young man became an illustrator for magazines and books for children. When he was 18 years old, Harper's Weekly published a double page view of Cincinnati he made.
In 1881, inspired by the developing market for Indian paintings, Farny traveled up the Missouri River, making sketches, taking notes and photography, and collecting artifacts. On several more trips West he did the same, until his Cincinnati studio contained enough material for almost any Indian subject he wished to illustrate. Upon his return to Cincinnati, he remarked: "The plains, the buttes, the whole country and its people are fuller of material for the artist than any country in Europe."
He was known for capturing the emptions and plight of Native Americans in a time when they were being pushed in every direction.
Farny was one of the founding members of the Cincinnati Art Club and served as its second president from 1892–94. Theodore Roosevelt once said to Farny: "Farny, the nation owes you a great debt. It does not realize it now but it will some day. You are preserving for future generations phases of American history that are rapidly passing away."
Rest assured that the image is straight, but my iphone makes it appear a little fish-eyed.  This is a large format and double paged imaged measuring 17 x 24 inches.  This image is impressive and would look amazing framed and part of your collection.
I am listing a number of Native American images from this era.  It was a terrible and bloody era when a high percentage of the Native American population was wiped out in North America.  I weep for what happened then, and in no way to I condone the actions that occured.  My hope by selling these images is that they will tell a story that will live on.  Some of the stories show the struggles and others push a sterotype.  I hope their story and the education they can tell lives on in you as you purchase these.
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