Dance of the Mandan Women, from Travels in the Interior of North America, 1839-43
Aquatint engraving
Ackermann & Co., London
Greenslade Special Collections and Archives
Olin and Chalmers Libraries
Kenyon College

Note the more densely colored foreground figures against the lighter, more faintly colored background figures to show the distance or aerial perspective in the picture. Look closely at the hand-painted detail in the costumes. Such detail can be seen in the touches of color that adorn the women's clothes and headdresses.