Detail View: McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes: No-way-ke-sug-ga, Otoe

Work Record ID: 
98
Reproduction Record ID: 
98
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
No-way-ke-sug-ga, Otoe
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
14.55 x 9.50 in (36.96 x 24.13 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: NO-WAY-KE-SUG-GA / OTOE / PUBLISHED BY DANIEL RICE & JAMES G. CLARK, PHILAD.A. / Drawn, Printed & Coloured at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, N.o 94, Walnut St. Phila. / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1842, by James G. Clark in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Creator: 
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862
Creator Dates: 
1785-1862
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1842
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. 3
ID Number Type: 
call number
ID Number: 
98
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
98
ID Number Type: 
standard number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Earrings
Subject: 
Face painting
Subject: 
Finger weaving
Subject: 
Headbands
Subject: 
Necklaces
Subject: 
Ribbons
Subject: 
Roaches (Hair)
Subject: 
Tobacco-pipes
Subject: 
Trade silver
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Peace medals
Subject: 
Blankets
Subject: 
Trade beads
Subject: 
Quillwork
Subject: 
Wampum
Subject: 
Oto (Chewaerae)
Subject: 
Grizzly claw necklaces
Subject: 
Fringe
Subject: 
Hides and skins
Subject: 
Shirts, Ceremonial
Subject: 
He Who Strikes Two at Once (No-way-ke-sug-gah)
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: 
PRINTS Lithographs based on the King portrait 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: 
ART WORKS Original painted by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) in 1837. The portrait is listed as No. 64 in the Catalogue of Indian Paintings Belonging to the Government Collection which appeared in William J. Rhees' 1859 Guide to the Smithsonian Institution: "NO-WAY-KE-SUG-GA, He who strikes two at once -- Otoe (King, 1837)" (Viola, 1976, p. 144). This painting was destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865. George Catlin (1796-1872) painted this individual at Fort Leavenworth in 1832 (Truettner Gallery No. 119) (Truettner, 1979, p. 175).
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. No. 392. Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 300-301. Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 83980306 - Destroyed Truettner, William H. The Natural Man Observed: A Study of Catlin's Indian Gallery. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. p. 175. Truettner Gallery No. 119. Viola, Herman J. The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. p. 109, 144.
Information Source: 
Date: Supplied from plate. Plate No.: Supplied from copy reproduced. Standard No.: Supplied from volume contents list. Printer: "Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishment, N.o 94, Walnut St. Phila." in plate caption. [J. T. Bowen] Delineator: No indication.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c) University of Cincinnati Digital Press, 2001