Detail View: McKenney and Hall: History of the Indian Tribes: Billy Bowlegs, A Seminole Chief

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Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Billy Bowlegs, A Seminole Chief
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
9.60 x 4.85 in (24.38 x 12.32 cm) on sheet 10.85 x 7.65 in (27.56 x 19.43 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
rag paper
Material Type: 
support
Technique: 
color lithograph
Inscription: 
lower center: BILLY BOWLEGS. / A SEMINOLE CHIEF
Inscription: 
below image right: RICE RUTTER & CO Publishers
Creator: 
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862
Creator Dates: 
1785-1862
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
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: 
25
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
ARB E77 .M13 Vol. 3
ID Number Type: 
call number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Coats
Subject: 
Earrings
Subject: 
Finger weaving
Subject: 
Headbands
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: 
Calico
Subject: 
Trade cloth
Subject: 
Trade beads
Subject: 
Gorgets
Subject: 
Scarves
Subject: 
Neckwear
Subject: 
Rifles
Subject: 
Ostriches
Subject: 
Bandoliers
Subject: 
Rings
Subject: 
Seminole (Ikaniuksalgi)
Subject: 
Bowlegs, Billy (Halpatter Micco), ca. 1812-1864
Subject: 
Snakes
Subject: 
Wild boar
Related Work: 
McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859 & Hall, James, 1793-1868. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: D. Rice & Co., 187_.
Relation Type: 
larger entity
Description: 
ART WORKS Original painted by Charles Bird King (1785-1862) in Washington (D.C.) ca. 1825-1826 (Cosentino: 329). The portrait is not listed in the Catalogue of Indian Paintings Belonging to the Government Collection which appeared in William J. Rhees' 1859 Guide to the Smithsonian Institution. Cosentino (Cosentino, 1977, p. 168) indicates that the painting was destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1965. A 1861 portrait of Billy Bowlegs by Charles Ferdinand Wimar (1828-1862) is in the St. Louis Art Museum.
Description: 
PRINTS A portrait of Billy Bowlegs appears as the frontispiece of Vol. 2 in the following edition of McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859, and Hall, James, 1793-1868. The History of the Indian Tribes of North America: 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. 168. No. 329. Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Bramhall House, 1986. pp. 246-248. Smithsonian Institution Art Inventories. Painting Inventory. 28110167 - Wimar - St. Louis Art Museum 83980249 - Destroyed
Information Source: 
Date: 187_ on title page Volume II. This image is the frontispiece of Vol. II. Plate No.: Supplied from copy reproduced. Standard No.: None. Printer: "RICE RUTTER & CO Publishers" below image right. Delineator: No indication.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
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