McKenney & Hall octavo indian litho 1st: RED JACKET

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C I R Q L A R Original antique prints, books, maps and atlases Image Name RED JACKET. A Seneca War Chief. Author/Artist Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall: History Of The Indian Tribes Of North America. Date of Publication Published Philadelphia, 1850 by D. Rice & A.N. Hart. Lithography by J.T. Bowen. First edition. Type of Print Original hand colored lithograph (with completely original coloring). Size of Image 6 5/8" X 10 1/4". Condition In overall very good to excellent condition. Strong, supple paper; remnant of previous binding at edge of sheet. Description Thomas McKenney, head of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for many years, was a champion of the Indian and fought throughout his tenure to preserve something of their quickly vanishing culture. His legacy was a gallery of portraits of the great chiefs by artists such as James Otto Lewis, Charles Bird King and George Cooke. After taking office in 1816, McKenney began to organize an archive to feature Indian artifacts. During the following years, a large delegation of Indians; Pawnee, Sauk, Fox, Menominee, Miami, Sioux and Chippewa visited President Monroe in Washington, McKenney took this opportunity to enlist artists Lewis, King and Cooke to paint portraits of the visitor.After six years as Superintendent of Indian Trade, Thomas McKenney had become concerned for the survival of the Western tribes. He had observed unscrupulous individuals taking advantage of the Native indians for profit, and his vocal warnings about their future prompted his appointment by President Monroe to the Office of Indian Affairs. As its first director, Mckenney set about to improve the administration of the Indian programs in various government offices. His first trip was during the summer of 1826 to the Lake Superior area for a treaty with the Chippewa, Menominee and Winebago tribes and the present state of Michigan. His journeys provided an unparalleled opportunity to become acquainted with Native American tribes. When President Jackson dismissed McKenney in 1830, McKenney embarked on plans for a publication of the portraits. It was a laborious project. McKenney battled poverty, politics and printers. Within a few years, he was joinedby James Hall, a lawyer who had written extensively about the west. Both individuals saw their book as a way of preserving an accurate visual recordof the rapidly disappearing culture. McKenney provided the biographies, many based on personal interviews, and Hall wrote the general history of the North American Indian.In 1865 a fire destroyed almost all of the paintings from which the lithographs were drawn. The lithographs provide the only records of these important figures of American history. We have been able to acquire a quality selection of original plates from the first edition octavo set which was published by D. Rice A.N. Hart in Philadelphia 1854. The complete three volume set, when they can be found, can run upwards of $30,000. Please be sure and look at our other auctions for other fine original natural history plates as well as original maps, all guaranteed original.We do not use the eBay check-out system for invoicing so it is not necessary to email us at auction end. You will receive an email from Paypal letting you know the particular payment options available to you. If you purchased more than one item from us, we will send you an email summarizing your winning bids along with one combined postal charge. We will email you this summary within 24 hours after the auction's end. Cirqlar is a SquareTrade seller in good standing and we will do everything we can make this a positive experience for you. We don't hold checks for clearance (we have yet to receive a bad check after over 25,000 transactions!). Again, we will be happy to combine purchases to save on your shipping costs. To ensure that your purchases reach you safely, we ship only via USPS Priority Mail with delivery confirmation. This system allows you to track your... read more

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