McKenney & Hall Octavo Indian Portraits

McKenney & Hall Octavo Indian Portraits - John Ridge Cherokee

 

John Ridge, Son of Major Ridge

Cherokee

 
  Thomas McKenney, History of the Indian Tribes of North America.  
 

Philadelphia, 1848.

Lithograph with beautiful original hand coloring.

McKenney and Hall's hand colored lithographs remain some of the most beautiful records of Native Americans ever produced in the nineteenth century. These lithographs were created from oil paintings that were done as studio portraits of Indian leaders and members of their parties when they came to Washington D.C. to sign treaties.

Shown with a quill pen and letter, indicating the literacy of the Cherokee people.

$275

 

 

 

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