Item #213760 Waa-Pa-Shaw: Sioux Chief. Thomas L. MCKENNEY, James HALL.
Waa-Pa-Shaw: Sioux Chief
Waa-Pa-Shaw: Sioux Chief

Waa-Pa-Shaw: Sioux Chief

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1836.

Portrait. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Page measures 20.5" x 14.25".

Beautiful portrait from the folio edition of McKenney and Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America". As Superintendent of the Indian Trade Bureau, Thomas McKenney wanted to document the rapidly disappearing culture of the American natives. He activated the project, sponsored by the War Department, by commissioning writer James Hall and Charles Bird King, a renowned American portraitist. King painted the prominent Indians while they visited Washington D.C. as treaty delegates. Most of the original oil paintings were destroyed by fire in the Smithsonian Museum in 1865. These lithographs, published 1842-58, are all that remain and are still hailed as one of the best visual records of influential Native Americans of the nineteenth century. Waa-Pa-Shaw, also known as Wabasha, remained neutral towards the white man throughout his chiefdom and was influential in preventing war instigated by the Winnebago. Overall toning and offsetting. Slight tape residue along edges. One of many Native American portraits in our collection.

Illustrator: Lehman and Duval
Binding: Unbound
Condition: Very Good(+)
Language: English

Price: $350.00

Item #213760