Wa-Kawn, a Winnebago chief / drawn, printed & coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic 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 rare antique lithograph captures Wa-Kawn, a Winnebago chief / drawn, printed & coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Wa-Kawn, a Winnebago chief / drawn, printed & coloured at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment.
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Few portraits from this period name the sitter as directly as this one: the title identifies Wa-Kawn as a Winnebago chief, the Ho-Chunk people of present-day Wisconsin. The print was drawn, printed, and hand-colored at J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment in Philadelphia and published there around 1841. In the 1840s, such portraits of Native leaders sold well to a public eager for images of Indigenous people, though they were often shaped by the tastes and assumptions of their makers and buyers. Hand coloring was applied after printing, so the tints on surviving copies can vary from one impression to another.
| Created / published | Philada. : published by J.T. Bowen, c1841. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1840-1850.Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Subjects | Wa-Kwan. Indians of North America--1840-1850. Winnebago Indians--1840-1850. Tribal chiefs--United States--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,132 × 1,462 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217408 |
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