Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux chief / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Printing Establishment. – Vintage 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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This antique lithograph of Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux chief / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Printing Establishment. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux chief / printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Printing Establishment.
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The sitter is identified here as Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux chief, and the print's catalog record gives particular attention to his clothing and dress. The sheet was printed and colored at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Printing Establishment in Philadelphia and published by F.W. Greenough around 1836. Lithography was still a fairly new process in American print shops then, and the hand coloring added afterward gave each impression its own finish. Because it pairs a named Dakota man with detailed attention to dress, the print is useful for seeing how Native people were pictured for eastern audiences in the 1830s.
| Created / published | Philada. : published by F.W. Greenough, c1836. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1840. |
| Subjects | Waa-Pa-Shaw. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. Dakota Indians--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,158 × 1,481 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218176 |
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