| Contributor |
McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 History of the Indian tribes of North America. |
| Title |
[Proofs after plates from McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America"] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1870 |
| Date |
[ca. 1865] |
| Physical Description |
3 prints: chromolithographs; 32 x 20 cm. (12.75 x 13 in.) |
| Description |
Series of three proof, possibly trial, prints after plates from the seminal work about early 19th-century Native American
culture containing 117 portraits, several after paintings by Charles Bird King. Depicts No. 3 "Mo-Hon-Go, An Osage Woman";
No. 4 Shar- I-Tar-Ish, A Pawnee Chief; and No. 6 "Se-Quo-Yah, Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet." Plates possibly trials for
the Rice & Rutter edition published 1865-1870.
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Contain registration marks. |
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Contain plate numbers. |
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Mon-Ho-Go -- Portraits. |
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Shar-I-Tar-Ish -- Portraits. |
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Se-Quo-Yah -- Portraits. |
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Indians of North America -- Portraits. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Portrait prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Proofs -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.63a & 64a&b] |
| Accession number |
P.9349.63a |
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P.9349.64a |
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P.9349.64b |
