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Charles Bird King and other artists painted portraits of Indian leaders who came in delegation to Washington. Thomas McKenney, superintendant of Indian trade, together with James Hall, published the three-volume History of the Tribes of North America, containing these hand-colored lithographic portraits.

Source: NEWS October November December 2002


DimensionsSheet: 19 × 13 1/2 in. (48.3 × 34.3 cm)
Accession Number 2002.17
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
Inscriptionstitle bottom center
ProvenanceWendell Alton Moats, Aguanga, CA; Des Moines Art Center [bequest of the previous, 2002]
Wa-pel-la Chief of the Musquakees
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Loraine McKenney
James Hall
after Charles Bird King
1836
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Loraine McKenney
James Hall
after Charles Bird King
1838
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Loraine McKenney
James Hall
after Charles Bird King
1836
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Loraine McKenney
James Hall
after Charles Bird King
1836
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Loraine McKenney
James Hall
after Charles Bird King
1838
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1951
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1938
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1941
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Thomas Hart Benton
1945