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lower center: WESH-CUBB / A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY F. W. GREENOUGH, PHILAD.A / 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 inscription lower center: WESH-CUBB / A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY F. W. GREENOUGH, PHILAD.A / 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 Inscription false
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King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 creator King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 Creator false
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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. 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. Related Work false
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ART WORKS Original painted by James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) at the Treaty of Prairie du Chien, held at Prairie du Chien (Wis.) in 1825. Weescoup of Fond du Lac was a signatory of that treaty (Kappler, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 254). This portrait is listed as No. 40 in the catalog of the Lewis Indian Gallery (Lewis, 1850, p. 14). Location of original unknown. The Lewis original was copied by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) in 1826 (Cosentino: 480). The copy is listed as No. 47 in the Catalogue of Indian Paintings Belonging to the Government Collection which appeared in William J. Rhees' 1859 Guide to the Smithsonian Institution: "WHESH-LAUB, The Sweet - Chippeway Chief (King from Lewis, 1826)" (Viola, 1976, p. 144). This copy was destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865. A copy of the King painting by Henry Inman (1801-1846) is in the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Peabody No. 82-51-10\28195). description ART WORKS Original painted by James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) at the Treaty of Prairie du Chien, held at Prairie du Chien (Wis.) in 1825. Weescoup of Fond du Lac was a signatory of that treaty (Kappler, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 254). This portrait is listed as No. 40 in the catalog of the Lewis Indian Gallery (Lewis, 1850, p. 14). Location of original unknown. The Lewis original was copied by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) in 1826 (Cosentino: 480). The copy is listed as No. 47 in the Catalogue of Indian Paintings Belonging to the Government Collection which appeared in William J. Rhees' 1859 Guide to the Smithsonian Institution: "WHESH-LAUB, The Sweet - Chippeway Chief (King from Lewis, 1826)" (Viola, 1976, p. 144). This copy was destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865. A copy of the King painting by Henry Inman (1801-1846) is in the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (Peabody No. 82-51-10\28195). Description false
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PRINTS A lithograph based on the Lewis painting appears only in the Philadelphia, 1835-1838 edition of The Aboriginal Port-Folio. (Reese: 32) Lithographs based on the Inman copy of the King portrait appear in the following editions of McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859, and Hall, James, 1793-1868. History of the Indian Tribes of North America: Philadelphia: F. W. Greenough, 1838-1844. Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, 1848-1850. The lithographs in The Aboriginal Port-Folio and McKenney & Hall are very different. description PRINTS A lithograph based on the Lewis painting appears only in the Philadelphia, 1835-1838 edition of The Aboriginal Port-Folio. (Reese: 32) Lithographs based on the Inman copy of the King portrait appear in the following editions of McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859, and Hall, James, 1793-1868. History of the Indian Tribes of North America: Philadelphia: F. W. Greenough, 1838-1844. Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, 1848-1850. The lithographs in The Aboriginal Port-Folio and McKenney & Hall are very different. Description false
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REFERENCES Cosentino, Andrew J. The Paintings of Charles Bird King (1785-1862). Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1977. p. 186. No. 480. Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 198-199. Kappler, Charles J. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. Vol. 2, p. 254. Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858. Catalogue of the Indian Gallery, Painted by J.O. Lewis. New York: J.O. Lewis, 1850. No. 40, p. 14. Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 83980379 - Destroyed 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. 186. No. 480. Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 198-199. Kappler, Charles J. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. Vol. 2, p. 254. Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858. Catalogue of the Indian Gallery, Painted by J.O. Lewis. New York: J.O. Lewis, 1850. No. 40, p. 14. Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 83980379 - Destroyed Description false
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