Caa-Tou-See, an Ojibway / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Caa-Tou-See, an Ojibway / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment., preserved in this antique lithograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Caa-Tou-See, an Ojibway / drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment.
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Caa-Tou-See is identified here as an Ojibway man, and the print's title and subject headings emphasize his clothing and dress. It was drawn, printed, and colored by hand at I.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment in Philadelphia and published by F.W. Greenough around 1838. Portraits like this were popular in the 1830s, when American printmakers often showed Native people in traditional dress for a public curious about peoples of the Great Lakes and the frontier. Comparing the hand-applied color with the fine line work shows how much finishing each print required.
| Created / published | Philada. : published by F.W. Greenough, c1838. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1830-1840.Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1840. |
| Subjects | Caa-Tou-See. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. Ojibwa Indians--Clothing & dress--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,164 × 1,468 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217412 |
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