Kitch-Ee-I-Aa-Ba or the Big Buck, a Chippewa Chief

James Otto Lewis

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 – 1858). Kitch-Ee-I-Aa-Ba or the Big Buck, a Chippewa Chief, print issued May 1835. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 12 5/16 x 8 13/16 in. (31.3 x 22.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1042.147.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Kitch-Ee-I-Aa-Ba or the Big Buck, a Chippewa Chief

Date

print issued May 1835

Medium

Lithograph with watercolor on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 5/16 x 8 13/16 in. (31.3 x 22.4 cm)

Signatures

Engraved below center of image, "Lehman & Duval Lith.rs Philad.a"

Inscriptions

Engraved below image in center: "KITCH-EE-I-AA-BA OR THE BIG BUCK / A Chippewa Chief / Taken at the Treaty of Prarie [sic] du Chien by J. O. Lewis 1825."

Markings

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

X1042.147.7

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