Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians – 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.)
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Step back in time with Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Captain Lewis & Clark holding a council with the Indians
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Few images from the Corps of Discovery's journey show its diplomacy as directly as this etching, which pictures Captain Lewis and Captain Clark holding a council with Native leaders. It appeared on page 26 of Patrick Gass's journal of the expedition, published in Philadelphia in 1810 by Matthew Carey. Councils like this one were a central part of the 1804 to 1806 journey, which President Thomas Jefferson had sent west to map the country and open relations and trade with the nations along its rivers. The engraving reflects how the expedition was remembered, with its leaders cast as envoys of the young republic.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : Printed for Matthew Carey, 1810. |
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| 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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