NOT-CHI-MI-NE. AN IOWAY CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
ca. 1838
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1985.66.153,224
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Not-Chi-Mi-Ne, An Ioway Chief*, a striking hand-colored lithograph from the series *History of the Tribes of North America*1836–1844), produced by Thomas L. McKenney and Hall. Created around 1838, this print captures the dignified bust portrait of Not-Chii-Ne, a prominent Iowa chief, based on an original oil painting by Charles Bird King.Kenney, former head of the U.S. of Indian Affairs, commissioned portraits in the 1820s and 1830s to document Native American leaders visiting Washington, D.C., amid rising tensions of westward expansion and Indian removal policies. The artwork showcas...