Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, A Shawnoe Chief
1838
Albert Newsam, after Henry Inman, after Charles Bird King
Artist, American, 1809 - 1864
Artist, American, 1801 - 1846
Artist, American, 1785 - 1862
Printer, American, born England, 1801 - 1856
Publisher, American, 19th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, 1979)
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 29.53 × 25.08 cm (11 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
sheet: 45.72 × 30.96 cm (18 × 12 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.2778
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mrs. Jefferson Patterson, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 29
Bibliography
1837
McKenney, Thomas, and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, vol. 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: F. W. Greenough, 1838.
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. 168-171.
1972
Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972, pp. 162-163.
Inscriptions
text at bottom on stone:
Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea / A Shawnoe Chief / Published by F.W. Greenough, Philada. / Printed & Coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No. 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 Penna.
Wikidata ID
Q77008907