“An Indian Warrior Entering His Wigwam with a Scalp”
From Travels Through the Interior Parts of America by Thomas Anburey
London, 1789
Frame: 8½ x 5¾ inches; sight: 7 x 4 inches
 
Engraved book illustration depicting a Native American warrior carrying a scalp and tomahawk as he approaches his wigwam, while a skirmish unfolds in the wooded background. The scene was issued in Thomas Anburey’s Travels Through the Interior Parts of America (London, 1789), an illustrated account of the author’s experiences in North America during the American Revolutionary era. Images such as this reflect late eighteenth-century British interpretations of frontier warfare and Indigenous life along the colonial frontier.
 
Condition: Fine; even toning.