1: First and Second Level of Description for Single Item (Sample Descriptions in the 1982 Edition ) (Reference Illustration 1 )
Level 1 (Paragraphing not used, so as to conserve space):
Chef der Blut Indianer ; Kriegs Chef der Piekan Indianer ; Kutanä Indianer / gravé par J. Hürlimann. -- London : Published by Ackermann ... , [between 1832 and 1841]. -- 1 print. -- Subject: Portraits of three Indians (half-length), separately titled.
Chef: Only the three chief titles are recorded (cf. Level 2 below).
gravé: Only the first statement of responsibility is recorded, which, in this case, is the printmaker’s name rather than the painter after whom the print was made (Bodmer).
Level 1 (Paragraphing used):
Chef der Blut Indianer ; Kriegs Chef der Piekan Indianer ; Kutanä Indianer / gravé par J. Hürlimann. -- London : Published by Ackermann ... , [between 1832 and 1841]
1 print.
Subject: Portraits of three Indians (half-length), separately titled.
Chef der Blut Indianer [graphic ] = Chef des Indiens Sangs = Chief of the Blood-Indians ; Kriegs Chef der Piekan Indianer = Chef de guerre des Indiens Piékanns = War-chief of the Piekann Indians ; Kutanä Indianer = Indien Kutané = Koutani Indian / peint d’après nat. par Ch. Bodmer ; gravé par J. Hürlimann. -- London : Published by Ackermann ... ; Koblenz : Bei J. Hölscher ; Paris : Arthus Bertrand, éditeur, [between 1832 and 1841 ] ([Paris? ] : Imp. de Bougeard)
1 print : lithograph, b&w ; image 33 x 41 cm., on sheet 46 x 57 cm.
Blind stamp : C. Bodmer Direct.
Plate from : Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832 bis 1834 / Maximilian Alexander Philipp, Prinz von Wied-Neuwied. Coblenz : J. Hölscher, 1839-1841. -- Hand colored plate in French edition: Voyage dans l'ntérieure de l'Amérique du Nord. Paris : Arthus Bertrand, 1840-1843.
Subject: Portraits of three Indians (half-length), separately titled.
Upper right: Tab 46.
Source unknown.
Chef: Three separate titles, each with two parallel titles (1E ). The titles are separated by semicolon because there is only one creator (1B1.8 ).
graphic: Option for general material designation used and is inserted after the first title proper (1D ).
peint: Multiple statements of responsibility given as they appear on the item (1G4 ).
London: Address of the publisher is omitted (2D3 ).
Published: Multiple publisher statements given as they appear on the item (2D2 ).
between 1832 and 1841: Probable period of time in which the image was made, given in square brackets because supplied by the cataloger (2F5 ).
Paris?: Printer appears separately and prominently on the item and is therefore recorded (2G ). Probable place of printing is supplied by the cataloger (2C10.1 ).
Plate from: The print being cataloged was removed from a publication; citation is given (5B8.3 ). In addition, the cataloger alerts the researcher to a source with hand colored plates.
See also:
Sample Descriptions in the 1982 Edition
