Me-Na-Wa

Date1842-1858

Artist Charles Bird King American painter, 1785–1862

Printer/Printmaker John T. Bowen British engraver, 1801–1856, active in Philadelphia

Publisher D. Rice and A.N. Hart Philadelphia publisher, 19th century

Publisher Rice, Rutter & Co. Philadelphia publisher, 19th century

Illustration CitationThe History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall (Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1842-1858).

MediumLithograph with hand coloring

Dimensionssheet: 10 × 6 3/4 in. (25.4 × 17.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978

Object number1978-505

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American Art through 1960 on View

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Label TextA portrait painter based in Washington, D.C., King painted many Native American leaders when they visited the nation's capital. His portraits were reproduced as lithographs for the three-volume publication History of the Indian Tribes of North America.