Se-Quo-Yah / R.T. – 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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A window into the past: Se-Quo-Yah / R.T., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Se-Quo-Yah / R.T.
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Few portraits on this board show a man best known for a writing system, but this one depicts Sequoyah, the Cherokee silversmith who devised a syllabary that let his people read and write their language. Published in Philadelphia around 1836 by F. W. Greenough, this hand-colored lithograph appeared in McKenney and Hall's *History of the Indian Tribes of North America*, which reproduced portraits from the government's Indian gallery in Washington. The Cherokee Nation adopted the syllabary in the 1820s, and its printed newspaper and other materials followed, a rare case of a single individual creating an entire script.
| Created / published | Philad. : F.W. Greenough, c1836. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Another copy in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division in: History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs : Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian gallery in the Department of war, at Washington / By Thomas L. M'Kenney and James Hall. Philadelphia : E. C. Biddle [etc.], 1836-1844. Published in (Rare Book copy): Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 101. |
| Subjects | Sequoyah,--1770?-1843. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,098 × 5,126 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218671 |
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