Lot 129
John T. Bowen (English, 1801-1856) after Charles Bird King (American, 1785-1862). Four hand-colored lithographs from "History of the Indian Tribes of North America," by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848 and 1850, and D. Rice and A.N. Hart, 1855. "Nah-Et-Lue-Poie" and "O-Poth-Le-Yo-Ho-Lo" have "Lith.d, Col.d, & Published by J.T. Bowen, Philad.a" printed below image. "Me-Na-Wa" and "Tah-Roh-Hon" have "Published by D. Rice and A.N. Hart. Philad.a / Lith. Printed & Col.d by J.T. Bowen" printed below image. A lovely ensemble of four hand-colored lithographs by J.T. Bowen after portraits by American artist Charles Bird King, all originally published in "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" by Thomas McKenney (American, 1785-1859) and James Hall (American, 1793-1868). The group includes portraits of "O-Poth-Le-Yo-Ho-Lo, Speaker of the Councils," "Me-Na-Wa, A Creek Warrior," "Tah-Ro-Hon, An Ioway Warrior," and "Nah-Et-Lue-Poie." Size of page: 6.75" W x 10.25" H (17.1 cm x 26 cm); of matte: 11.5" W x 15" H (29.2 cm x 38.1 cm)
From 1824 to 1830, Thomas McKenney served as US Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC, and during his tenure developed a government collection of portraits of prominent Native Americans who visited the city as delegates of their tribes. McKenney commissioned a well-known Washington portraitist, Charles Bird King, to paint the leaders of about twenty Native American tribes. Sadly, those original paintings were destroyed by a fire. Given this, lithographs rendered after those paintings, like these, are the only surviving records of those compositions.
Provenance: private Appleton, Wisconsin, USA collection
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- Condition: All have some light toning and evidence of previous binding along one edge. A few miniscule stains, but imagery and text are still very clear. Otherwise, in very good overall condition. Set in custom mattes with board backings.
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