Label Text
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]
Thomas Shotter Boys
1839