John Ridge, a Cherokee / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. – Historic 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.)
Description
Step back in time with John Ridge, a Cherokee / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
John Ridge, a Cherokee / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Printed and hand-colored at I.T. Bowen's Philadelphia lithographic shop and issued by F.W. Greenough around 1838, this portrait shows John Ridge, a Cherokee writer and political leader. Ridge spent part of the late 1830s in eastern cities arguing for his people while removal was under way. He had signed the 1835 Treaty of New Echota, which led to the Cherokee being forced west, and he was killed in 1839 in Indian Territory by Cherokee opponents of that treaty. His father, Major Ridge, fought alongside Andrew Jackson at Horseshoe Bend in 1814, the battle this park commemorates.
| Created / published | Philada. : published by F.W. Greenough, c1838. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1840. |
| Subjects | Ridge, John,--1803-1839. Indians of North America--1830-1840. Cherokee Indians--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,501 × 2,153 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217178 |
More from the Horseshoe Bend National Military Park collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
