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Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiah - Black Hawk A Saukie Brave

Object Details

Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Artist
Alfred M. Hoffy, active 1835 - 1864
Copy after
Charles Bird King, 26 Sep 1785 - 18 Mar 1862
Lithographer
J. T. Bowen Lithography Company, active 1834 - 1844?
Publisher
Frederick W. Greenough, active c. 1838
Publication
Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, 3 vols., Philadelphia, 1837 - 1844
Sitter
Black Hawk, 1767 - 3 Oct 1838
Date
1838
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 50.2 x 36 cm (19 3/4 x 14 3/16")
Book: 51.5 x 37.5 x 5.4 cm (20 1/4 x 14 3/4 x 2 1/8")
Type
Print
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