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Shapero Gallery
105 New Bond Street
London W1S 1DN , England
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Thomas McKenny, formerly a director in the Office of Indian Affairs, together with James Hall, a lawyer and writer on the west, embarked on the publication of these lithographs as a way of providing a true visual representation of a fast vanishing culture.
The fine coloured illustrations are taken from the work of the artist Charles Bird King who, where possible, painted the subjects from life in his Washington studio, or otherwise re-worked paintings after the watercolours of the artist James Otto Lewis, who had produced an earlier, albeit, cruder, series of lithographs.
Only four of the original oil paintings survive (the rest having been destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865), so these lithographs provide the sole remaining likenesses for some of the leading native American leaders of the early nineteenth century.
History of the Indian Tribes of North America was the most elaborate publication in the United States up to that time.
Original hand-coloured lithographed plate from History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Framed and glazed. Overall size: 36.4 by 50.8cm. -
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Documentation: Ample Provenance Origin: United States Period: 19th Century Materials: Original hand-coloured lithographed plate. Framed and glazed Condition: Good. Creation Date: 1842-44 Styles / Movements: Realism, Western, Other Dealer Reference #: 90005 Incollect Reference #: 270617 -
Dimensions
W. 14.33 in; H. 20 in; W. 36.4 cm; H. 50.8 cm;
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Based in the heart of Mayfair in London, we specialise in prints and original works on paper across a broad range of subjects, from antique prints to modern pochoir plates, as well as photographs from vintage photography to modern art photography.
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