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WA-NA-TA Sioux Grand Chief. Folio Lithograph. McKenney & Hall. Charles King.1836
WA-NA-TA Sioux Grand Chief. Folio Lithograph. McKenney & Hall. Charles King.1836
WA-NA-TA Sioux Grand Chief. Folio Lithograph. McKenney & Hall. Charles King.1836
WA-NA-TA Sioux Grand Chief. Folio Lithograph. McKenney & Hall. Charles King.1836
WA-NA-TA Sioux Grand Chief. Folio Lithograph. McKenney & Hall. Charles King.1836
WA-NA-TA Sioux Grand Chief. Folio Lithograph. McKenney & Hall. Charles King.1836

WA-NA-TA Sioux Grand Chief. Folio Lithograph. McKenney & Hall. Charles King.1836

$ 1320

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Origin: McKenney & Hall History of the Indian Tribes
  • Tribal Affiliation: Grand Chief of the Sioux
  • Artisan: Charles Bird King
  • Modified Item: No
  • Publisher:: F. W. Greenough
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Dimensions:: 21.5”H x 15.5"W
  • Date of Folio:: 1836
  • Printed & Colored:: J. T. Bowen's Lithographic at No 94 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
  • Condition: Overall, fine condition and well preserved 1836 folio lithograph. Colors are many and bright. No writing or repairs. Sides are smooth, not frayed. A few small smudges lower left. One inch from top is a tiny brown mark. None interfere with the portrait itself (Please see photographs for details). Paper in good condition; no bleed-through of text. Top right, on back side, is a small 1" x 1/4" remnant of museum breakaway hanging hinge tape -- not visible on front side. Refer to photographs for more information.
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    Up for auction at the Grand Antique Mall, located in Cincinnati, Ohio is an
    antique 1836 hand colored folio lithograph and full length portrait of  WA-NA-TA, Grand Chief of the Sioux, by Charles Bird King.
    From Volume I of McKenney & Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Published by F. W. Greenough. Drawn, printed and colored at J. T. Bowen's Lithographic at No 94 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Dated
    1836
    .
    Measurements:
    21.5”H x 15.5"W
    WA-NA-TA stands, holding a rifle. On his head are 7 feathers; around his neck is a band of grizzly bear claws. The white of his fringed buffalo skins is decorated with small owl feathers.  His yellow moccasins have red and white beads.
    Vibrant palette of  purple, violet, pale and dark green, red, orange, gold, deep and light blue, white, silver, yellow, orange, black, cream, and brown.
    Portraits by Charles Bird King became even more significant in 1865, when almost all of  his original tribe paintings were destroyed  in a fire at the Smithsonian.
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