MCKENNEY & HALL: AMERICAN INDIAN LITHOGRAPH KAI-POL-E-QUAH "WHITE NOSED FOX"
"Kai-Pol-E-Quah" (White Nosed Fox) of the Sauk & Fox Tribe a fine Indian portrait printed and colored. 11" x 15" showing (19 1/4" x 23 1/2" overall including frame), from a folio edition of The History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Lehman & Duval Lithographers. Published by E. C. Biddle. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by E. C. Biddle in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of PA. The lithograph has rich, bright color. The paper has some tan toning; as they most often do. In fine condition.
The History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney and James L. Hall has been long renowned for its faithful portraits of Native Americans. These dramatic, hand-colored lithographs are based upon original portrait paintings by the artist, Charles Bird King, who was employed by the United States Government to record the appearance of these natives as they came to Washington, DC to sign peace treaties.
The paintings formed the basis for the War Department's Indian Gallery. Most of King's original paintings were subsequently destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian. Therefore, the appearance of these portraits in McKenney & Hall's magnificent work serves as our only remaining records of many of the most prominent Indian leaders of the 19th century.
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