Waa-Pa-Laa or the Playing Fox, Prince of the Fox Tribe

James Otto Lewis

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 – 1858). Waa-Pa-Laa or the Playing Fox, Prince of the Fox Tribe, print issued May 1835. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 9/16 in. (34.9 x 24.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1042.147.8. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Waa-Pa-Laa or the Playing Fox, Prince of the Fox Tribe

Date

print issued May 1835

Medium

Lithograph with watercolor on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 9/16 in. (34.9 x 24.3 cm)

Signatures

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

Inscriptions

Engraved below image, in center: "WAA-PA-LAA OR THE PLAYING FOX / Prince of the Fox tribe / Taken at Prarie [sic] du Chien by J. O. Lewis._ 1825._"

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

X1042.147.8

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