Natchez is a people, a kind, most likely, Indians. It is not known, whether the artist described a specific case from the life of the Indians or is this a symbolic picture? Still, most likely, it is a symbol of the birth of the people, the birth of a new world. The woman, mother, has just produced a baby, a son, from whom the family will go. She is exhausted by birth, tired and can not even rejoice at the birth of her son, like his father.
The dark, surrounding nature, the sky, covered with dark clouds, emphasize the contrast with the bright joyous event – the birth of a man. The edge of the sky, the figures of people, illuminated by the first rays of the sun, allow us to hope for a brighter future.
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