Shing-Gaa-Ba-W'Osin or the Figured Stone, a Chippewa Chief

James Otto Lewis

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 – 1858). Shing-Gaa-Ba-W'Osin or the Figured Stone, a Chippewa Chief, issued May 1835. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (33.3 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1042.147.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Shing-Gaa-Ba-W'Osin or the Figured Stone, a Chippewa Chief

Date

issued May 1835

Medium

Lithograph with watercolor on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (33.3 x 24.1 cm)

Signatures

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

Inscriptions

Engraved below image, in center: "SHING-GAA-BA-W'OSIN OR THE FIGURED'D STONE / A Chippewa Chief. / Taken at the Treaty of Fond du Lac (on Lake Superior) 1826. by J. O. Lewis"

Credit Line

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Accession Number

X1042.147.3

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