Sioux, Great Plains
1842
Hand colored lithograph
14 1/2 x 20 inches; matted 18 x 24 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ
This hand colored lithograph portrait of Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux Chief, comes from the first edition of McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published by Rice and Clark of Philadelphia in 1842. The portrait collection was assembled by Thomas L. McKenney during his tenure as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the three volume publication drew upon original paintings many of which were subsequently destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865. The lithographs thus stand as the only surviving visual record of numerous subjects depicted in the series.
This example presents with particularly rich and vibrant hand coloring, a quality that varies across surviving copies and significantly affects collector value. Listed on the contents page of Volume I, the Waa-Pa-Shaw portrait is among the documented subjects of the first edition. From a Tucson private collection, it is a well preserved example of one of the most historically significant portrait series in the documentation of nineteenth century Native American leadership.
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Sioux, Great Plains
1842
Hand colored lithograph
14 1/2 x 20 inches; matted 18 x 24 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Tucson, AZ
This hand colored lithograph portrait of Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux Chief, comes from the first edition of McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, published by Rice and Clark of Philadelphia in 1842. The portrait collection was assembled by Thomas L. McKenney during his tenure as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the three volume publication drew upon original paintings many of which were subsequently destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865. The lithographs thus stand as the only surviving visual record of numerous subjects depicted in the series.
This example presents with particularly rich and vibrant hand coloring, a quality that varies across surviving copies and significantly affects collector value. Listed on the contents page of Volume I, the Waa-Pa-Shaw portrait is among the documented subjects of the first edition. From a Tucson private collection, it is a well preserved example of one of the most historically significant portrait series in the documentation of nineteenth century Native American leadership.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
