Detail View: McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes: Ne sou a quoit, a Fox chief

Work Record ID: 
36
Reproduction Record ID: 
36
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Ne sou a quoit, a Fox chief
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
16.00 x 11.55 in (40.64 x 29.34 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: NE SOU A QUOIT / A FOX 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
Creator: 
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862
Creator Dates: 
1785-1862
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: 
36
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
36
ID Number Type: 
standard number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Fox (Meshkwakihug)
Subject: 
Armbands
Subject: 
Earrings
Subject: 
Face painting
Subject: 
Feathers
Subject: 
Finger weaving
Subject: 
Necklaces
Subject: 
Ribbons
Subject: 
Sashes (Costume)
Subject: 
Trade silver
Subject: 
Turban headdresses
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Peace medals
Subject: 
Vermilion
Subject: 
Trade bead necklaces
Subject: 
Trade cloth
Subject: 
Trade beads
Subject: 
Wampum
Subject: 
Horsehair
Subject: 
Hides and skins
Subject: 
Mantles (Clothing)
Subject: 
Body painting
Subject: 
Bear in the Forks of a Tree (Ne-sou-a-quoit)
Subject: 
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Subject: 
Hair pipes
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 Two portraits of Bear in the Forks of a Tree, painted by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) in 1837 are identified by Cosentino. The first (Cosentino: 387) is a full length portrait. Formerly in the collections of the Redwood Library & Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, it was sold in 1970 and is in an unknown private collection. The second (Cosentino: 388) is a half-length portrait in the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.
Description: 
PRINTS Lithographs based on the second King painting (Cosentino: 388) 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. 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. 175. Nos. 387-388. Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 190-191. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. The Important Collection of Twenty-One Portraits of North American Indians, by Charles Bird King. Property of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island. Sold by Order of the Board of Directors. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1970. pp. xiv, 36-37. Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 12030383 - Chicago Historical Society 47370097 - Redwood Library & Athenaeum - Unlocated Viola, Herman J. The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. Cover, pp. 97, 122, 139.
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