Indians Travelling, 1850, Seth Eastman, American, 1808–1875, 6 9/16 × 10 1/4 in. (16.67 × 26.04 cm) (image)9 3/4 × 12 13/16 in. (24.77 × 32.54 cm) (sheet), Watercolor, United States, 19th century, In this sentimentalized scene, Seth Eastman bows to an early 19th-century image of Native people as a 'vanishing race.' Though he knew Native life well (he even learned the Dakota language), he could not escape his era’s romanticized views. He presented these villagers as quietly stoical, moving across barren land until they all but disappear. For added pathos, Eastman placed focus on the baby swaddled in pink and strapped to the travois, and had the child on horseback give the viewer a farewell glance.
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