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KAA-NUN-DER-WAAGUINSE-ZOO or the Berry Picker. A famous Chippewa Chief.

  • ARTIST: James Otto Lewis

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Philadelphia.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph, hand-colored,

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  • EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 15 3/4 x 9 7/8" (400 x 251 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Painted at the treaty of Prarie du Chin 1825 by J.O. Lewis. Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Port-Folio of James Otto Lewis was, as he himself advertised, the first attempt to publish a portrait series of Indians involved in the treaty-making of the 1820s and early 1830s. Lewis was hired by the federal government to accompany Gov. Lewis Cass of Michigan to the treaty sites to make a visual record. Despite the historic importance of Lewis' artistic legacy, it was eclipsed shortly after its publication in 1834-36 by the more polished productions of George Catlin and McKenney and Hall. Precisely because of the Port-Folio's commercial failure, complete sets are rare today and even individual plates are scarce.

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  • CONDITION: Fair condition. Some overall time-toning and water stain in the lower left. Original color.

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