Detail View: McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes: History of the Indian Tribes of North America

Work Record ID: 
1
Reproduction Record ID: 
1
Work Class: 
group portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
War Dance
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Title: 
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Title Type: 
collective title
Measurements: 
8.80 x 13.65 in (22.35 x 34.67 cm) on sheet 14.40 x 20.10 in (36.58 x 51.05 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
rag paper
Material Type: 
support
Technique: 
color lithograph
Inscription: 
lower center: WAR DANCE / PUBLISHED BY F.W. GREENOUGH, PHILAD.A / Drawn Printed & Coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment N.o 94 Walnut St: / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1838 by F.W. Greenough, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a
Creator: 
Rindisbacher, Peter, 1806-1834
Creator Dates: 
1806-1834
Creator Nationality: 
Swiss
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1838
Location: 
Prairie du Chien (Wis.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
1
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
1
ID Number Type: 
standard number
ID Number: 
ARB E77 .M13 Vol. 1
ID Number Type: 
call number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Bear Whose Screams Make the Rocks Tremble (Tai-o-mah), ca. 1790-ca. 1830
Subject: 
Keokuk, ca. 1780-1848
Subject: 
Morgan
Subject: 
Quasquawma
Subject: 
Fox (Meshkwakihug)
Subject: 
Sauk (Osakiwug)
Subject: 
Anklets (Ornaments)
Subject: 
Armbands
Subject: 
Bells
Subject: 
Breechcloths
Subject: 
Coats
Subject: 
Dance mirrors
Subject: 
Drum sticks
Subject: 
Drums
Subject: 
Earrings
Subject: 
Face painting
Subject: 
Feathers
Subject: 
Finger weaving
Subject: 
Garters
Subject: 
Gunstock clubs
Subject: 
Hair ornaments
Subject: 
Hats
Subject: 
Headbands
Subject: 
Horned headdresses
Subject: 
Leggings
Subject: 
Moccasins
Subject: 
Necklaces
Subject: 
Ribbons
Subject: 
Roaches (Hair)
Subject: 
Robes
Subject: 
Sashes (Costume)
Subject: 
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Subject: 
Swords
Subject: 
Tobacco-pipes
Subject: 
Trade silver
Subject: 
Turban headdresses
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
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: 
ART WORKS Original painted by Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834) at Prairie du Chien (Wis.) in 1829 for Caleb Atwater (1778-1867). Specific individuals mentioned as being included in the image are Keokuk, Morgan, Tiahma, and Quasquawma and Tom (a half-blood) (McDermott, 1949, p. 137). The location of this painting is unknown. Another version painted by Rindisbacher is in the West Point Museum (WPM Acc. No.: 561). This may have belonged to Rindisbacher and been purchased at his death by a "Major Hughes of Washington." subsequently coming to the Museum (Josephy, 1970, pp. 78, 80). A second version was reported belonging to the M'Guire family of Washington, D.C., in 1933, but was no longer in their possession by 1949 (Josephy, 1970, p. 60; McDermott, 1949, p. 144). A third version, painted in 1833 or 1834 for Maximilian zu Wied, is part of the Maximilian-Bodmer Collection in the Joslyn Art Museum.
Description: 
PRINTS The original Atwater painting was taken to England by Cephas G. Childs and published with biographies of each Indian written by Atwater. Copies of this print are not reported. The original Atwater painting was the basis for the lithographs which appear in the edition of McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America published Philadelphia: F. W. Greenough, 1838-1844. The lithograph reproduced here includes numbers next to 9 individuals. There is no key in the text. A lithograph based on that in McKenney & Hall appeared as the frontispiece of Vol. 2 of Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir, 1806-1895. Travels in North America During the Years, 1834, 1835 & 1836. London: R. Bentley, 1839.
Description: 
REFERENCES Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 166-167. Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. The Artist Was A Young Man. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1970. pp. 57-61, 78, 80. McDermott, John Francis. "Peter Rindisbacher: Frontier Reporter." Art Quarterly. 1949 Spring. Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 129-145. Nute, Grace Lee. "Some Sources for Northwest History: Rindisbacher's Minnesota Water Colors." Minnesota History. 1939. Vol. 20, pp. 54-57. Smith, Alice E. "Peter Rindisbacher: A Communication." Minnesota History. 1939. Vol. 20, pp. 173-175. Smithsonian Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 29990396 - Joslyn Art Museum
Information Source: 
Date: Supplied from plate. Plate No.: Supplied from copy reproduced. Standard No.: Supplied from volume contents list. Printer: "I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment" in plate caption. [J. T. Bowen] Delineator: No indication.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c) University of Cincinnati Digital Press, 2001