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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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.
