Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa or The One that Opens the Door, a Shawnese Prophet
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 – 1858). Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa or The One that Opens the Door, a Shawnese Prophet, issued January 1836. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 9/16 in. (33.7 x 26.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1042.147.18. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Tens-Qua-Ta-Wa or The One that Opens the Door, a Shawnese Prophet
Date
issued January 1836
Medium
Lithograph with watercolor on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 9/16 in. (33.7 x 26.8 cm)
Signatures
Engraved at lower left of image "J. Barincou" and, below image at lower left, "Lehman & Duval Lith.rs"
Inscriptions
Engraved below image in center of plate: "TENS-QUA-TA-WA / or THE ONE THAT OPENS THE DOOR / Shawnese Prophet / Brother of Tecumthe / Painted for Gov. Lewis Cass by J. O. Lewis at Detroit 1823."
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
X1042.147.18
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