Oil on board painting. American, late 19th century. After the 1886 anonymous lithograph titled Historical Caricature of the Cherokee Nation. A personification of the Cherokee Nation is depicted tied to the ground, which was allegorical to the Lilliputian lands of Gullivers Travels. In this caricature, the US courts are cutting the hair of the Native in their efforts to civilize, as missionaries bore into the skull of the Cherokee to proselytize. The body of the Cherokee Nation is partitioned by railroads at the feet, while the arms, which represent lands in Alabama and Arkansas, are being sawed off by state policymakers. Uncle Sam sits on the bridge of the Cherokee Nations nose with the title of Coroner to make this depiction of the vanishing Native complete. Wooden frame. Collectible Fine Art, Americana, Political Cartoons, Native American History.