"Chon-Man-I-Case" McKenney and Hall Offset Lithograph

Item Details

A reproduction McKenney & Hall offset lithograph titled, Chon-Man-I-Case, An Otto Half Chief, published by E.C. Biddle, entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1836. Page 159 from History of the Indian tribes of North America. This print is presented behind an black mat, under glass, in a beveled wood frame.

History of the Indian Tribes of North America is a collection of 125 images of lithographic and chromolithographic plates. Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785 – 1859) served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1824 to 1830, and had portraits of Native American Chiefs commissioned for his Gallery in the War Department. He was intent on publishing and recording the history of vanishing North American Indians. James Hall (1793 – 1868) provided text for Native History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published in three volumes between 1838 and 1844.

Dimensions

Visible image area measures 9.75" W x 14" H.

Item #

15CIN150-057