Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858
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The aboriginal port-folio: A collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians
Collection — Volume: V412
Identifier: V412
Scope and Contents
This partial portfolio includes 61 plates, hand-colored, representing early work of American lithographers Lehman and Duval, No. 7 Bank Alley, Philidelphia. 9 plates appear to be mounted to a blank page as part of the bindery process by the National Library Bindery Company. The tribes represented are Sioux, Menominee, Potawatomi, Chippewa, Winnebago, Fox, Sauk, Shawnee, Miami, Iowa and Ottawa. Each plate includes a brief description with the name, tribe and treaty site information. A majority...
Dates:
1836