Ne-Sou-A Quoit, a Fox Chief

1837

Albert Newsam

Artist, American, 1809 - 1864

Lehman & Duval Lithographers

Printer, American, active 1834-1837

Edward C. Biddle

Publisher, American, 1808 - 1893

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Donald and Nancy de Laski Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.8 × 35.56 cm (20 × 14 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.168.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Audubon Prints and Books, Limited Partners, Vienna, Virginia); acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 27.

Bibliography

1837

  • McKenney, Thomas, and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: E.C. Biddle, 1837.

1933

  • McKenney, James L., and James Hall. The Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, vol. 1. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1933, pp. 312-317.

1972

  • Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972, pp. 190-191.

Inscriptions

text at bottom on stone:
Painted by C. B. King / on stone by A. Newsam / Lehman & Duval Lithrs. / Ne-Sou-A-Quoit / A Fox Chief / 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 Pa.

Wikidata ID

Q77008005

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