Detail View: McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes: Julcee-Mathla, a Seminole chief

Work Record ID: 
112
Reproduction Record ID: 
112
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Julcee-Mathla, a Seminole chief
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
12.55 x 8.90 in (31.88 x 22.61 cm) on sheet 20.10 x 14.40 in (51.05 x 36.58 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
rag paper
Material Type: 
support
Technique: 
color lithograph
Inscription: 
lower center: JULCEE-MATHLA. / A SEMINOLE CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY DANIEL RICE & JAMES G. CLARK, PHILAD.A / Drawn, Printed & Col.d at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment N.o 94, Walnut St. Phila. / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1843, by James G. Clark in the Clerks office of the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Creator: 
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862
Creator Dates: 
1785-1862
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Creator: 
Inman, Henry, 1801-1846
Creator Dates: 
1801-1846
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1843
Location: 
Washington (D.C.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
ARB E77 .M13 Vol. 3
ID Number Type: 
call number
ID Number: 
112
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
112
ID Number Type: 
standard number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Coats
Subject: 
Feathers
Subject: 
Finger weaving
Subject: 
Necklaces
Subject: 
Trade silver
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Neckties
Subject: 
Peace medals
Subject: 
Shirts, Men's
Subject: 
Ruffles
Subject: 
Calico
Subject: 
Trade cloth
Subject: 
Trade beads
Subject: 
Turbans
Subject: 
Ostriches
Subject: 
Bandoliers
Subject: 
Seminole (Ikaniuksalgi)
Subject: 
Tulcee Mathla
Related Work: 
McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 & Hall, James, 1793-1868. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough, 1838-1844.
Relation Type: 
larger entity
Description: 
PRINTS Lithographs based on the Inman copy appear in the following editions of McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859, and Hall, James, 1793-1868. The History of the Indian Tribes of North America: Philadelphia: F. W. Greenough, 1838-1844. Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, 1848-1850.
Description: 
ART WORKS Original painted by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) in 1826 (Cosentino: 458). The portrait is not listed in the Catalogue of Indian Paintings Belonging to the Government Collection which appeared in William J. Rhees' 1859 Guide to the Smithsonian Institution. It was acquired from the University of Pennsylvania Museum in 1971 by the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. A copy of the King portrait by Henry Inman (1801-1846), formerly in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University (Peabody Number: 82-51-10\28249), is in the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Inventory).
Description: 
REFERENCES Cosentino, Andrew J. The Paintings of Charles Bird King (1785-1862). Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1977. p. 183. No. 458. Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 248-249. Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 09090007 - Lowe Art Museum Viola, Herman J. The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. pp. 61, 141.
Information Source: 
Date: Supplied from plate. Plate No.: Supplied from copy reproduced. Standard No.: Supplied from volume contents list. Printer: "Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment N.o 94, Walnut St. Phila." in plate caption. [J. T. Bowen] Delineator: "HD" below image left. [Henry Dacre]
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c) University of Cincinnati Digital Press, 2001