Payta Kootha, a Shawnee Warrior

1836

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 history & notes

Provenance

(Veerhoff Galleries, Washington, DC); Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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. 172-173.

1972

  • Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972, pp. 160-161.

Inscriptions

upper left corner in graphite by unknown hand: 18; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: A9361 / P60; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2.50 / P
text at bottom on stone:
Painted by C. B. King / Lehman & Duval Lithrs. / PAYTA KOOTHA / A Shawanee [sic] Warrior / Philadelphia, Published by E.C. 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 Pa.

Wikidata ID

Q77009096

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