Large Antique Print of Sequoyah, also known as George Gist, circa 1838

1838 · Native Peoples

Large Antique Print of Sequoyah, also known as George Gist, circa 1838

Name: Large Antique Print of Sequoyah, also known as George Gist, circa 1838
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13467-4
Price: 2125 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1838
Kind: Native Peoples
Size: 54.2 × 38.7 cm (21.3 × 15.2 in)
Condition: Fair. Repaired: Some closed tears in the margins. Age-related toning. Shows wear and soiling. Closed tears in margins. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-13467-4

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

Se-quo-yah, the Cherokee inventor of the syllabary, 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 "SE-QUO-YAH" beneath the image, with the publisher's imprint and copyright line below.

The portrait shows a man in a red-and-white patterned turban with a long pipe in his mouth, wearing a light blue jacket over a darker garment, a white collar with a red neckcloth and a silver medal on a ribbon. He holds up a tablet with the characters of the Cherokee syllabary in rows, and points to it with his other hand, so the portrait records his invention as well as his appearance.

Sequoyah, also known as George Gist or George Guess, devised a writing system for Cherokee in the early 1820s, and the Cherokee Nation adopted it widely within a few years.

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