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 of the drawings were completed at the sites of Prairie du Chien, 1825; Mississinewa, Indiana, 1827; Fort Wayne, 1827; Green Bay, 1827, and Butte des Morts, 1827. This bound volume includes 1 scene of a pipe dance and a tomahawk dance of the Chippewa.
Dates
- 1836
Creator
- Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858 (Artist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Historical Note
The aboriginal portfolio was a published volume whose parts were issued monthly, plus additional loose lithographs of drawings; based on portraits made by James Otto Lewis of Native American chiefs who attended treaty negotiations in the upper midwestern United States, primarily in Wisconsin and Indiana, 1825-1833.
James Otto Lewis was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and completed 4 excursions to complete the illustrations. A majority of Lewis' work was completed during 1825-1827 and finished during 1827-1833. Lewis was the first artist to illustrate Native Americans in their natural environment.
Source:
The Aboriginal Port Folio, Or, A Collection Of Portraits Of the Most Celebrated Chiefs Of the North American Indians / By J.O. Lewis, Smithsonian Libraries: https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_513375
James Otto Lewis was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and completed 4 excursions to complete the illustrations. A majority of Lewis' work was completed during 1825-1827 and finished during 1827-1833. Lewis was the first artist to illustrate Native Americans in their natural environment.
Source:
The Aboriginal Port Folio, Or, A Collection Of Portraits Of the Most Celebrated Chiefs Of the North American Indians / By J.O. Lewis, Smithsonian Libraries: https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_513375
Extent
0.3 Cubic Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection includes one volume.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed by Bethany Fiechter on 2019/11/07.
- Fox Indians
- Indians -- Kings and rulers
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Portraits
- Lithography
- Lithography, American
- Menominee Indians
- Miami Indians
- Northwest Territory
- Ottawa Indians
- Potawatomi Indians
- Sauk Indians
- Shawnee Indians
- Specimens
- Winnebago Indians
Creator
- Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858 (Artist, Person)
- Lehman, George (Lithographer, Person)
- Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886 (Lithographer, Person)
- Title
- The aboriginal port-folio: A collection of portraits of the most celebrated chiefs of the North American Indians
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
