Chon-Ca-Pe

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Parker Gallery, London, England); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963

1981

  • Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

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.218-222.

1972

  • Horan, James D. The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972, pp. 298-299.

Inscriptions

lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 11x16; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: S 14319; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 38
text at bottom on stone:
Painted by C. B. King / Lehman & Duval Lithrs. / 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 Pa.

Wikidata ID

Q77008992

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