Detail View: McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes: Major Ridge, a Cherokee chief

Work Record ID: 
43
Reproduction Record ID: 
43
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Major Ridge, a Cherokee chief
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
11.65 x 8.70 in (29.59 x 22.10 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: MAJOR RIDGE. / A CHEROKEE 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: 
43
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
43
ID Number Type: 
standard number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Coats
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Neckties
Subject: 
Shirts, Men's
Subject: 
Buttons
Subject: 
Vests
Subject: 
Cherokee (Aniyunwiya)
Subject: 
Ridge, Major (Nun-na-dihi), ca. 1771-1839
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 Horan (Horan, 1986, p. 268) indicates that the original was painted by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) in 1835. This painting is unlocated. There is no listing for a portrait of this individual in Cosentino. There is no listing for a portrait of this individual in the Catalogue of Indian Paintings Belonging to the Government Collection which appeared in William J. Rhees' 1859 Guide to the Smithsonian Institution. There is no listing for a portrait of this individual in the inventory of paintings by Henry Inman (1801-1846) in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Inventory.
Description: 
PRINTS Lithographic portraits of Major Ridge 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: 
REFERENCES Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 266-268.
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