Ojibwe Warrior Portrait – Meta-Koosega, Hand-Colored Lithograph c.1838

1838 · Native Peoples

Ojibwe Warrior Portrait – Meta-Koosega, Hand-Colored Lithograph c.1838

Name: Ojibwe Warrior Portrait – Meta-Koosega, Hand-Colored Lithograph c.1838
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13467-7
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: Good. Repaired: Closed tears in margins. Very good condition for its age. Slight general age-toning and minor marginal wear. One or two tears repaired. Rich original hand-coloring remains intact. Please review image for details.
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-13467-7

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

Meta-koosega, a Chippeway 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 "META-KOOSEGA", with "A Chippeway Warrior" beneath it, and the publisher's imprint and copyright line follow.

The portrait is a three-quarter bust. The older man looks downward and to the side with a thoughtful expression, his dark hair falling over his forehead and the sides of his face. A cream-colored blanket is draped over his shoulders, with a white shirt collar showing at the neck, and a large silver medal hangs on a ribbon at his chest. The shading of the blanket is drawn in soft gray with a few touches of brown.

Chippeway is the older English form of Ojibwe. The McKenney and Hall portraits were largely copied from Charles Bird King's paintings of Indian delegates in Washington, and many of the originals were later destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian.

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