Wa-Pel-La, chief of the Musquakees / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. – 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: Wa-Pel-La, chief of the Musquakees / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Wa-Pel-La, chief of the Musquakees / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment.
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Identified here as chief of the Musquakees, also known as the Fox, Wa-Pel-La is the subject of this hand-colored lithograph. It was drawn, printed and colored at I.T. Bowen's establishment in Philadelphia and published there by F.W. Greenough in 1838. Portraits like this one circulated among eastern audiences curious about Native leaders, and the record's emphasis on clothing and dress directs attention to the costume as much as the man. The date falls during years of heavy pressure on the Meskwaki through treaties and land cessions in the Upper Mississippi region.
| Created / published | Philada. : published by F.W. Greenough, 1838. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1840. |
| Subjects | Wa-Pel-La. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. Fox Indians--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. Tribal chiefs--United States--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,108 × 1,446 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217409 |
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