Wa-Kaun, or The Snake, a Winnebago Chief
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 – 1858). Wa-Kaun, or The Snake, a Winnebago Chief, issued January 1836. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (31.1 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1042.147.19. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Artist
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Title
Wa-Kaun, or The Snake, a Winnebago Chief
Date
issued January 1836
Medium
Lithograph with watercolor on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (31.1 x 22.5 cm)
Signatures
Engraved in lower right of image "J. Bari" and below center of image "Lehman & Duval Lith.rs"
Inscriptions
Engraved in center below image: "WA-KAUN / or the / SNAKE / A Winnebago Chief / Painted at the treaty of Prairie du Chien 1825 by J. O. Lewis."
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
X1042.147.19
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