Large Antique Print of Push-Ma-Ta-Ha, a Choctaw Warrior, circa 1838

Name: Large Antique Print of Push-Ma-Ta-Ha, a Choctaw Warrior, circa 1838
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13467-1
Price: 2125 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1838
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 53.7 × 39 cm (21.1 × 15.4 in)
Condition: Fair. Repaired: closed tears in the margins. Age-related toning. Shows wear and soiling, adding to its patina. Closed tears in margins. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: Mississippi
Reference: BG-13467-1

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Push-ma-ta-ha, a Choctaw warrior, a hand-colored lithograph from the History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, published in Philadelphia by F.W. Greenough and drawn, printed and colored at J.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment, about 1838. The name is lettered "PUSH-MA-TA-HA", with "A Choctaw Warrior" beneath it, and the publisher's imprint and copyright line follow.

The portrait is a half-length bust. The man has dark, curling hair and a composed, slightly guarded expression. He wears a dark blue military-style coat with large gold fringed epaulettes, a red facing at the lapel, a white ruffled shirt front and a black stock, a costume of the kind presented to Native leaders who dealt with the United States. The face is colored in warm brown and the coat is shaded in broad blue washes.

Pushmataha was a principal Choctaw leader in the early nineteenth century and negotiated with the United States on the lands of the Choctaw in what is now Mississippi. He died in Washington in 1824. The portrait was drawn from a painting made there.

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