TSHU-GUE-GA. A Celebrated Chief half Winnebago and half French.

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• ARTIST: James Otto Lewis

• PUBLISHER: Published in Philadelphia.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph, hand-colored,

  DATE: 1834-36.

• EDITION SIZE: Paper size 11 5/16 x 9 1/4" (28.7 x 23.5 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Painted at the treaty of Green Bay 1827 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.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 13 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Fair condition. Scattered light foxing.

• REFERENCE: Howes, U.S.iana, L-315.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Western & Indian , Other