Mac-cut-i-mish-e-ca-cu-cac or Black Hawk, a celebrated Sac chief / painted from life by J.O. Lewis at Detroit, 1833 ; Lehman & Duval lithrs. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Mac-cut-i-mish-e-ca-cu-cac or Black Hawk, a celebrated Sac chief / painted from life by J.O. Lewis at Detroit, 1833 ; Lehman & Duval lithrs.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mac-cut-i-mish-e-ca-cu-cac or Black Hawk, a celebrated Sac chief / painted from life by J.O. Lewis at Detroit, 1833 ; Lehman & Duval lithrs.
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The title gives the sitter's name in a Sauk form, Mac-cut-i-mish-e-ca-cu-cac, better known as Black Hawk, the Sauk leader whose 1832 war against American settlers ended with his capture. J.O. Lewis painted this likeness from life at Detroit in 1833, when Black Hawk was touring eastern cities as a celebrity after his defeat. Lehman and Duval later turned the painting into a lithograph, and the print, dated around 1836, circulated widely to audiences eager to see the man who had become one of the most talked-about figures in the country.
| Created / published | c1836. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Lithographs 1830-1840. |
| Subjects | Black Hawk,--Sauk chief,--1767-1838. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,215 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185011 |
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