Price: $275.00
SKU: 64141
ARTIST: James Otto Lewis
PUBLISHER: Published in Philadelphia.
MEDIUM: Lithograph, hand-colored,
DATE: 1834-36.
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 11 3/8 x 9 3/8" ( 29 x 23.9 cm)
DESCRIPTION: 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 10 x 12 inch archival mylar for handling.
CONDITION: Fair condition, a stain running the length of the paper in the right margin. Can be hidden by a mat if framed.
REFERENCE: Howes, U.S.iana, L-315.
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