Okee-Makee-Quid, a Chippeway chief / Drawn, printed, and coloured at J.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment. – Antique 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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This rare antique lithograph captures Okee-Makee-Quid, a Chippeway chief / Drawn, printed, and coloured at J.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Okee-Makee-Quid, a Chippeway chief / Drawn, printed, and coloured at J.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment.
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Okee-Makee-Quid is shown here in full dress, with the clothing and ornaments that the print's catalog entry highlights, and the lithograph was hand-colored to bring out the beadwork, fabrics, and regalia. The print was drawn and colored at J.T. Bowen's lithographic shop in Philadelphia and issued by the publisher F.W. Greenough around 1838. Portrait prints like this were popular in the 1830s, when American publishers marketed images of Native leaders to a broad public, often with little information about the sitters themselves. Today the sheet is valuable for what it shows about dress and for how non-Native artists and printers represented Ojibwa people in that period.
| Created / published | Philad. : published by F.W. Greenough, c1838. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Lithographs Color 1830-1840. |
| Subjects | Okee-Makee-Quid. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. Ojibwa Indians--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,456 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216762 |
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