A Sioux Chief

James Otto Lewis

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 – 1858). A Sioux Chief, issued January 1836. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (39.1 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1042.147.16. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

A Sioux Chief

Date

issued January 1836

Medium

Lithograph with watercolor on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (39.1 x 24.8 cm)

Signatures

Engraved in lower left corner of image, "J. Bari[ncou]" and, below center of image, "Lehman & Duval Lith.rs"

Inscriptions

Engraved below image in center: "A Sioux Chief / Painted at treaty of Prairie du Chien by J. O. Lewis 1825._"

Markings

Embossed partial Brooklyn Museum stamp at upper right corner.

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

X1042.147.16

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