Female Indian of California Making Baskets

Item MSC-68

Description

8.5 x 11.5 print by Captain Seth Eastman of a "Female Indian of California Making Baskets." Print is marked as plate #7 and was originally drawn by Eastman in 1853. During the Civil War Eastman served as a recruiting officer in New England, the 1st Commander of Elmira prisoner of war camp and as Military Governor for Cincinnati, OH. He retired as a Breveted Brigadier General.