Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians – Antique Wall Art
(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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Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians
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Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain William Clark are shown presiding over a council with Native American leaders, a scene the expedition held repeatedly as it moved west. The etching appeared on page 26 of Patrick Gass's account of the 1804 to 1806 journey, printed by Matthew Carey in Philadelphia in 1810. Gass was a sergeant on the expedition, and his journal was one of the first published narratives of the trip, so the image reflects how the public first pictured the explorers' dealings with the tribes they met.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : Printed for Matthew Carey, 1810. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1810.Etchings 1810. |
| Notes | Illus. in: A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery : under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States [...] during the years 1804, 1805 and 1806 [...] by Patrick Gass. Philadelphia : Printed for Matthew Carey, 1810, p. 26. |
| Subjects | Lewis and Clark Expedition--(1804-1806) Indians of North America--Government relations--West (U.S.)--1810. Meetings--West (U.S.)--1810. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,002 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113587 |
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