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.

Level 2:

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

Examples