Detail View: McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes: Se-quo-yah

Work Record ID: 
13
Reproduction Record ID: 
13
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Se-quo-yah
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
12.85 x 9.10 in (32.64 x 23.11 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: SE-QUO-YAH / 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
Inscription: 
image lower right: R.T.
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: 
1838
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. 1
ID Number Type: 
call number
ID Number: 
13
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
13
ID Number Type: 
standard number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Coats
Subject: 
Necklaces
Subject: 
Ribbons
Subject: 
Tobacco-pipes
Subject: 
Trade silver
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Neckties
Subject: 
Peace medals
Subject: 
Shirts, Men's
Subject: 
Calico
Subject: 
Trade cloth
Subject: 
Sequoyah (Sikwayi), ca. 1760-1843
Subject: 
Cherokee (Aniyunwiya)
Subject: 
Alphabet in art
Subject: 
Cherokee alphabet
Subject: 
Turbans
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 Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) in 1828 (Cosentino: .436). This portrait is unlocated. Cosentino lists another portrait of Sequoyah by King (Cosentino: 437) owned by Geoffrey Barker Churchill. According to the National Portrait Gallery online catalog, this portrait was purchased from Churchill in 1979 (NPG Accession No.: NPG.79.174). It is listed as a copy by Henry Inman (1801-1846) dated ca. 1830 (https://www.npg.si.edu/col/native/home2.htm).
Description: 
PRINTS Lithographs based on the Inman copy of the 1828 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. Philadelphia: D. Rice & Co., 187_.
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. 181. Nos. 436-437. Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 264-266. Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 83980342 - National Portrait Gallery (NPG Accession No.: NPG.79.174) 83980341 - Unlocated Viola, Herman J. The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. p. 48.
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: "R.T." image lower right. [Ralph Tremblay]
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c) University of Cincinnati Digital Press, 2001