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Edité par Indian Tribal Series, 1978
Vendeur : Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Charles Bird King (illustrateur). Quarto, softcover, VG in beige pictorial wraps. 22 pp. Indian tribal series. The M'Kenney-Hall portfolios. Cover of Ma-Has-kah b & w photos throughout of Indian paintings (which were lost in fire at Smithsonian). Articles on Eskimo Country and Osage Peace medal at back. One in Indian Tribal Series. Book.
Edité par Chartwell Books, 2015
ISBN 10 : 0785820213ISBN 13 : 9780785820215
Vendeur : Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. King, Charles Bird (illustrateur). Complete three-volume set of hardcovers with dust jackets in near fine condition, with near fine slipcase. Text and illustrations are unmarked and clean, pages bright and crisp. Corners and edges sharp. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square. Dust jackets look like new. Slipcase also looks great. A superb set. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this offer extra charges may apply for international shipping. Not available for priority/expedited shipping.
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Edité par D. Rice & A.N. Hart, Philadelphia, 1855
Vendeur : Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure Edition originale Signé
Single Sheet. Etat : Very Good. Charles Bird King (illustrateur). Original. Original hand-colored lithograph by J. T. Bowen after the painting by Charles Bird King. Octavo (image size approximately 6" by 9") print from the 1855 octavo edition. The print is in very good condition, with vivid coloring and some relatively minor soiling of the off-white background. The print has been archivally matted and is ready for a standard 16" by 20" frame. To-Ka-Con (McKenney said that the name means "He that inflicts the first wound") was a Yankton Sioux Chief in what is now South Dakota. He was both a tribal policeman and a chief who signed several treaties on behalf of his tribe. Thomas L. McKenney, who from 1816 until 1830 headed what was to become the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, commissioned Charles Bird King to paint portraits of Native American delegates visiting Washington, D.C. He also had King paint copies of other portraits that had been painted by James Otto Lewis. The result was a gallery of portraits of both great chiefs and lesser personages that was intended to serve as an important part of the historic record of the era. After leaving government service, McKenney arranged to have the portraits copied by Harold Inman for the purpose of creating a series of hand-colored lithographs. In collaboration with James Hall, McKenney produced the monumental History of the Indian Tribes of North America, that included 120 hand-colored lithographs after the paintings of King and Lewis as well as an historical essay by Hall and biographical material on most of the Native Americans pictured. Portions of the folio edition were published by various publishers during the period 1837-1844 and were followed by several octavo editions. Although hailed as an artistic success and an important contribution to Native American ethnology, the high production cost of the lithographs and relatively low sales (during an economic recession) combined to make the venture unprofitable. The less expensive octavo editions were a financially unsuccessful attempt to salvage the situation but still an artistic success. In 1865 a fire at the Smithsonian Institute destroyed most of the original paintings; so the only original pictorial records remaining are the hand-colored lithographs published for McKenney and Hall. They are considered to be one of the high points of 19th century Americana. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Art Print.
Edité par F.W. Greenough c. 1836, Philadelphia, 1836
Vendeur : William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Etat : Fine. First Edition. Hand-colored folio lithograph from McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Approximately 15.25 x 19.25 inches (38.5 x 49 cm) matted to 16 x 20 inches (41 x 51cm) with a window of 10 x 15 inches (25.5 x 38 cm). Printed by I.T. Bowen. See image for condition. Text ghosting to rear.
Edité par F.W. Greenough c. 1836, Philadelphia, 1836
Vendeur : William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Etat : Fine. First Edition. Hand-colored folio lithograph from McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Approximately 15.25 x 19.25 inches (38.5 x 49 cm) matted to 16 x 20 inches (41 x 51cm) with a window of 10 x 15 inches (25.5 x 38 cm). Printed by I.T. Bowen. See image for condition.
Edité par E.C. Biddle, Philadelphia, 1833
Vendeur : Michael Laird Rare Books LLC, Lockhart, TX, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very good. Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King (445 x 338 mm). Head-and-shoulders portrait of female Oto, wife of Chief Shaumonekusse, long black braids with hair parted at center, white and black beaded ear loops, four necklaces, silver bracelet, ruffled blouse or dress top, white and black fur or shawl loosely wrapped around her shoulders, one delicate hand showing. Very mild uniform age-toning (professionally washed). Original lithograph - NOT a reproduction! Hayne Hudjihini or Eagle of Delight (ca. 1804-1822) accompanied her husband to Washington, D.C. in 1821 and so delighted those she met that she was loaded down with presents and King painted several portraits of her. She was thought to be the most beautiful of all the Native American wives who visited Washington. Unfortunately, she died of measles shortly after her return home. A portrait of her hangs in the White House Library. When leaders of various tribes came to visit President Monroe, McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs and a defender of Native American interests, commissioned artist Charles Bird King to paint portraits of the delegates in their choice of dress. Most of King's original paintings subsequently burned in a fire at the Smithsonian. The lithographs in McKenney and Hall's publication are the only extant record of the likenesses of many of the prominent Native American leaders of the nineteenth century. In our lithograph the two small silver portions on the nose of the sitter have combined with sulfur and oxydized to black. In other copies these portions are white. See: Howes M129. Bennett, American Nineteenth-Century Color Plate Books, p. 79. Field 992. Lipperheide Mc4.
Edité par F.W. Greenough c. 1836, Philadelphia, 1836
Vendeur : William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Etat : Fine. First Edition. Hand-colored folio lithograph from McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Approximately 15.25 x 19.25 inches (38.5 x 49 cm) matted to 16 x 20 inches (41 x 51cm) with a window of 10 x 15 inches (25.5 x 38 cm). Printed by I.T. Bowen. See image for condition.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1837
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by I.T. Bowen. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining. Inscription:lower center: KISH-KAL-WA / A SHAWANOE CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY E. C. BIDDLE, PHILADELPHIA. / Printed and Coloured at I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment N.o 94 Walnut St: / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1837. By E. C. Biddle, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1837
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by I.T. Bowen. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining, pronounced in lower blank margin.Lower center: Inscription:WAA-PA-SHAW / A SIOUX CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY E.C. BIDDLE, PHILAD.ELPHIA/ DRAWN & Coloured at I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment N.o 94 Walnut St: / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1837 by E.C. Biddle, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par Philadelphia: F.W. Greenough., 1838
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by I.T. Bowen. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining.Inscription lower center: QUA-TA-WA-PEA / A SHAWANOE CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY F. W. GREENOUGH, PHILAD.A / Printed & Coloured at I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment N.o 94 Walnut St: / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1838 by F. W. Greenough, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par Philadelphia: F.W. Greenough., 1838
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by I.T. Bowen. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining. Inscription:lower center: SHING-GA-BA-W'OSSIN / A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY F. W. GREENOUGH, PHILAD.A / Printed & Coloured at I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment N.o 94 Walnut St: / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1838 by F. W. Greenough, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1837
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by I.T. Bowen. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining. Lower center: Inscription: A-NA-CAM-E-GISH-CA. / A CHIPPEWAY CHIEF. / PUBLISHED BY F. E.C. BIDDLE, PHILAD.A / Drawn Printed & Coloured at I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment N.o 94 Walnut St: / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1838 by F. W. Greenough, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par Philadelphia: Key & Biddle., 1833
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
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Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by Childs & Inmans. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining. Els-Kwau-Ta-Waw, also known as Tenskwatawa, was the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh's brother. A self-proclaimed prophet, Tenskwatawa preached unification among his people. He was eventually exiled by his brother for trying to fight the Americans against Tecumseh's will. Overall toning and offsetting. Short tear in lower blank margin.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1837
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by I.T. Bowen. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining, tears in lower blank and right margins.Lower center: Inscription:TSHUSICK. / AN OJIBWAY WOMAN. /PUBLISHED BY E.C. BIDDLE, PHILAD.ELPHIA/ DRAWN & Coloured at I. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment N.o 94 Walnut St: / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1837 by E.C. Biddle, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1836
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by Lehman & Duval. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining. Lower center: Inscription:lower center: ONG PA TON GA / CHIEF OF THE OMAHAS / Philadelphia Published by EyC. Biddle/ / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1836 by E. C. Biddle, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1837
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by Lehman & Duval. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining; waterstaining in lower blank margin.Lower center: Inscription:CHIPPEWAY SQUAW & CHILD/Philadelphia Published by E. C. Biddle/ / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1837 by E. C. Biddle, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1837 by E.C. Biddle, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par F.W. Greenough c. 1836, Philadelphia, 1836
Vendeur : William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Etat : Fine. First Edition. Hand-colored folio lithograph from McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Approximately 15.25 x 19.25 inches (38.5 x 49 cm) matted to 16 x 20 inches (41 x 51cm) with a window of 10 x 15 inches (25.5 x 38 cm). Printed by I.T. Bowen. See image for condition. Text ghosting to rear.
Edité par F.W. Greenough c. 1836, Philadelphia, 1836
Vendeur : William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Etat : Fine. First Edition. Hand-colored folio lithograph from McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Approximately 15.25 x 19.25 inches (38.5 x 49 cm) matted to 16 x 20 inches (41 x 51cm) with a window of 10 x 15 inches (25.5 x 38 cm). Printed by I.T. Bowen. See image for condition. Text ghosting to rear.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1837
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by Lehman & Duval. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining. Lower center: Inscription:ONG PA TON GA / CHIEF OF THE OMAHAS / Philadelphia Published by E. C. Biddle/ / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1837 by E. C. Biddle, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par E. C. Biddle, Philadelphia, 1837
Vendeur : Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure Edition originale
Paper. Etat : Collectible-Very Good. Charles Bird King (illustrateur). First Edition. Folio (18 3/4 inches by 14 1/4 inches) lithograph from the first folio edition. The print is in excellent condition, with vivid hand-coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen. There is a dime-sized stain in the bottom margin--well away from the image; there is a very narrow line of glue residue along the binding edge--again well away from the image. In 1825 Mahaskah's father (also named Mahaskah) had traveled to Washington, where he negotiated a treaty and had his portrait painted by Charles Bird king. In 1837 "Young" Mahaskah made the same trip because the United States had not lived up to the terms of the treaty. He too had his portrait painted by King, and apparently he was wearing the same bear claw necklace that his father had worn. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print.
Edité par Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle., 1837
Vendeur : Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Art / Affiche / Gravure
Etat : Good. Original coloured lithograph printed by Lehman & Duval. 19 x 12.75 inch sheet size. Time staining. Lower center: Inscription:Chon-Ca-Pe / Philadelphia Published by E. C. Biddle/ / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1837 by E. C. Biddle, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn.a.
Edité par E.C. Biddle, Philadelphia, 1837
Vendeur : Michael Laird Rare Books LLC, Lockhart, TX, Etats-Unis
Signé
Etat : Very good. Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King (445 x 338 mm). Full-length standing portrait of male Sioux chief holding a rifle, wearing brightly colored blankets, feathered headdress, necklace of grizzly bear claws, and red leggings decorated with bird feathers. Very mild uniform age-toning (professionally washed, verso of upper left corner with Japanese tissue repair). Original lithograph - NOT a reproduction! Wa-Na-Ta (ca. 1795-1848) was an influential Sioux (Yanktona, on the Minnesota River) leader who fought against the Americans in the War of 1812, even leading a charge on Fort Sandusky, whence his nickname. For his exceptional heroism he was received at the English court and promoted to Captain. After the war, however, he sided with the U.S. In 1825, he signed the Treaties of Fort Pierre and Prairie du Chien, which established peace and territorial boundaries between the Sioux, Chippewas, Sac and Foxes, and Ioways. He was murdered by his people, who were upset with his leadership. Major Stephen H. Long met Wa-Na-Ta in 1835 and commented: "We had never seen a nobler face, or a more impressive character." When leaders of various tribes came to visit President Monroe in 1821, McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Affairs and a defender of Native American interests, commissioned artist Charles Bird King to paint portraits of the delegates in their choice of dress. Most of King's original paintings subsequently burned in a fire at the Smithsonian. The lithographs in McKenney and Hall's publication are the only extant record of the likenesses of many of the prominent Native American leaders of the nineteenth century. See: Howes M129. Bennett, American Nineteenth-Century Color Plate Books, p. 79. Field 992. Lipperheide Mc4.
Edité par Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, Philadelphia, 1844
Vendeur : Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, VA, Etats-Unis
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Paper. Etat : Collectible-Very Good. Charles Bird King (illustrateur). Third Edition. Folio (18 3/8 inches by 14 1/2 inches) print from the third and final folio edition. The print is in excellent condition, with vivid coloring and none of the foxing frequently seen (see the Smithsonian's copy, for example). There are some smudges in the margins--well away from the image; there is one very small chip out of the bottom right corner in the margin and one 1/2" closed tear on the bottom edge. It is appropriate that McKenney and Hall identified this leader as "The Orator"because the Winnebago called themselves "Hochungra," which translates as "People of the Big Voice." Oratory was highly valued by tribe members, and it was natural that they would send their best orator to speak for them in negotiations in Washington. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Fine Art Print.
Edité par Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, Philadelphia, 1843
Vendeur : Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Etats-Unis
Etat : Fine. Hand-colored lithograph on paper. Large folio. In fine condition, professionally mounted in two double mat frames. The sheet measures about 13¼" x 16¼" to the inside edges of the inner mat, laid into a large wood and glass frame measuring 25¼" x 29¼". An impressive portrait from Thomas McKenney and James Hall's three-volume classic *History of the Indian Tribes of North America*, renowned for its faithful portraits of Native Americans drawn after paintings by the artist Charles Bird King. McKenney, U.S. superintendent of Indian trade in Georgetown, conceived the idea of developing a government collection of portraits of prominent Native Americans who visited Washington. He engaged King, a Washington portraitist who had studied under Benjamin West, to paint the portraits. King painted from life Native American leaders of at least 20 tribes, which were handsomely reproduced as hand-colored lithographs in the large folio edition of the *History of the Indian Tribes of North America*, published from in 1837 through 1844. An impressive, well-preserved portrait in a handsome wood frame.
Edité par John Grant, Edinburgh, 1934
Vendeur : Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, Etats-Unis
Etat : Fine in very good jackets. Important edition of the monumental visual record of Native American leaders, including an extensive account of the original 1836-44 folio edition, biography of the original authors, and the infamous Smithsonian fire - all new to this edition. Thomas L. McKenney, a Quaker, served as the US Government's Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1824 to 1830. During this period he worked with the renowned American artist Charles Bird King, commissioning the artist to paint portraits of Native leaders who were visiting the government in DC. The fame of the paintings soon spread, and McKenney conceived of a massive printing project to record them in book form. At the same time, incoming president Andrew Jackson fired McKenney, after McKenney fundamentally rejected Jackson's stance on the US's relationship with Indigenous nations. Suddenly jobless, McKenney threw himself into the project, mounting one of the most ambitious book projects ever seen in the United States up to that time: three elephant folio volumes containing 120 hand-colored plates. Already a significant record of leaders and their nations, the books took on supreme importance as a cultural document after a fire at the Smithsonian engulfed the majority of Charles Bird King's original paintings. This edition made the production accessible in the 20th century beyond the increasing rarity of the 19th-century folio and octavo editions. Its introduction by Hodge captures the growing legend of the story behind the production, detailing the delays and obstacles that threatened more than once to end the project. A noteworthy edition, mythologizing and making accessible the story of a critical record of Indigenous nations in the pre-Jacksonian era. 3 thick octavo volumes, 9.25'' x 6.75'' each. Original blue pictorial cloth stamped in blind, gilt-lettered spines. In original typographic dust jackets (no price on flaps). Top edges gilt, other edges uncut, some leaves unopened. Illustrated with two photogravure portraits (of McKenney and Hall), 123 full-page color plates after King's paintings with captions tissue guards, and 2 color folding maps. Volume I with historical introduction by Frederick Webb Hodge. lxiv, 442, [2]; viii, 458, [2]; xvi, 355 pages. Jackets with a bit of creasing, some soiling. Cloth and interior fresh and bright.
Edité par Edward C. Biddle, 1836; Daniel Rice, 1838; and James G. Clark, 1844, Philadelphia, 1844
Vendeur : Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Folio; 3 vols. (20 1/16 x 14 1/4 inches). 120 hand-colored lithograph plates, map, and 17-page subscriber list present. State "A" of volumes one and three, state "B" (issued with part 16) of volume two. 19th-century half-Morocco to style over marbled boards, spines gilt. Within individual chemises and slipcases. First edition of this Americana highspot, a profusely illustrated record of prominent nineteenth-century Native Americans, which was "the grandest color-plate book issued in the United States up to the time of its publication." (Reese) Thomas McKenney, a Quaker, was Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1816-1822. While in this post he became concerned for the survival of Western tribes after observing unscrupulous people taking advantage of Native Americans for profit. McKenney decided to create an archive to preserve the artifacts and history of Native Americans whose culture was disappearing due to settler-colonialism. A visit to the studio of artist Charles Bird King inspired McKenney to add portraits to his archive. McKenney helped start the first national collection in Washington, the Archives of the American Indian, and served as curator of this archive while he was Superintendent of Indian Affairs and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Perhaps surprisingly, in his government role, McKenney advocated for Indians to be removed to somewhere west of the Mississippi and the portraits he commissioned make reference to the benefits of missionary and "civilizing" work. He was instrumental in the passage of the 1830 Indian Removal Act, but also criticized some government policies toward Indians, which led President Jackson to dismiss McKenney from his post in 1830. After leaving government, McKenney was able to turn more of his attention to his publishing project recording biographies and portraits of Native Americans. Within a few years, he was joined by James Hall, a journalist, lawyer, and the Illinois state treasurer, who had written extensively about the West. Both authors saw their book as a way of preserving an accurate visual record of a rapidly disappearing culture. The text, which was written by Hall based on information supplied by McKenney, takes the form of a series of biographies of leading figures among the Indian nations, followed by a general history of the North American Indians. The work is famous for its color-plate portraits of chiefs, warriors, and women of various tribes, which are faithful copies of original oils by Charles Bird King. King painted the illustrious Indians from life in his studio in Washington, D.C., where McKenney commissioned him to record visiting Indian delegations from 1821 to 1837. At times King's paintings were worked up from the watercolors of the young frontier artist, James Otto Lewis. All but four of the book's original paintings were destroyed in the disastrous Smithsonian fire of 1865; their appearance in this work preserves what is probably the best likeness of many of the most prominent Indian leaders of the early 19th-century. Among King's sitters were Sequoyah, Red Jacket, Major Ridge, Cornplanter, and Osceola. This was the most elaborate plate book produced in the United States to that date, and its publishing history is complex. Its production spanned eight years, multiple lithographers, and was funded by 1,250 subscribers. The title pages give an indication of issue: Volume I, first issue was by Edward C. Biddle and is dated 1836; the second issue was by Frederick W. Greenough with the date 1838; and the third issue is by Daniel Rice and James G. Clark and dated 1842. Volume II, first issue is by Frederick W. Greenough and dated 1838; and the second issue is by Rice and Clark and dated 1842. Volume III, first issue is by Daniel Rice and James G. Clark and dated 1844. American Color Plate Books, 24; BAL 6934; Bennett, 79; Best of the West, 68; Bowers, 339-40; Field 992; Howes M-129 ("d"); Lipperhiede Mc4; Sabin 43410a; Servies 2150; Stack, 5.