MI-A-QU-A; A Miami Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio

Art Historical Context

**MI-A-QU-A; A Miami Chief, from The Aboriginal Portfolio (1835) is a striking lithographic print by James Otto Lewis capturing the dignified likeness of Mi-a-qu-a, a prominent chief of the Miami tribe., an early 19th-century American artist and draftsman, created this portrait as part of his ambitious *Aboriginal Portfolio*, a of hand-colored lithographs documenting Native American leaders. Produced during a pivotal era of U.S. expansion, the work preserves the visage and regalia of Indigenous figures amid rapid cultural upheaval. Historically, this print emerges from Lewis's sketches made a...