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Herman J. Viola

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Description:Charles Bird King is one of the least known -- yet one of the most important -- artists of the pre-camera era in this country, rivaling George Catlin as a portrait painter who recorded the features and costumes of American Indians in the early days of the Republic. Between 1821 and 1842 King painted the portraits of more than one hundred prominent Indian leaders who were brought to Washington as guests of the government. The chiefs, who included Red Jacket, Pushmataha, and Black Hawk, were wined and dined and showered with presents as part of an elaborate effort to influence them to accept peacefully white expansion into their territories.Commissioned by Thomas L. McKenney, founder of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the paintings became known as the War Department gallery of Indian portraits. They were placed in the Smithsonian Institution in 1858. Although the entire collection was destroyed by fire in 1865, King had made replicas of his most important subjects. The author has located more than sixty of these King portraits, many of which are published here in color for the first time, along with sixteen recently discovered charcoal sketches by King.In addition to telling the story behind the King paintings, their conception and subsequent history, the author includes illuminating sidelights about United States-American Indian diplomatic history, as well as some fascinating human interest material about the Indian delegates who visited Washington in those early days. Especially valuable is a section on the preparation of the famous McKenney and Hall History of the Indian Tribes of North America, long recognized by historians and anthropologists as a unique source for the study of Native Americans. There is an important introduction by John C. Ewers, one of the world's leading authorities on the American Indian.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King (Smithsonian Institution Press, Pub #6256). To get started finding The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King (Smithsonian Institution Press, Pub #6256), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Charles Bird King is one of the least known -- yet one of the most important -- artists of the pre-camera era in this country, rivaling George Catlin as a portrait painter who recorded the features and costumes of American Indians in the early days of the Republic. Between 1821 and 1842 King painted the portraits of more than one hundred prominent Indian leaders who were brought to Washington as guests of the government. The chiefs, who included Red Jacket, Pushmataha, and Black Hawk, were wined and dined and showered with presents as part of an elaborate effort to influence them to accept peacefully white expansion into their territories.Commissioned by Thomas L. McKenney, founder of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the paintings became known as the War Department gallery of Indian portraits. They were placed in the Smithsonian Institution in 1858. Although the entire collection was destroyed by fire in 1865, King had made replicas of his most important subjects. The author has located more than sixty of these King portraits, many of which are published here in color for the first time, along with sixteen recently discovered charcoal sketches by King.In addition to telling the story behind the King paintings, their conception and subsequent history, the author includes illuminating sidelights about United States-American Indian diplomatic history, as well as some fascinating human interest material about the Indian delegates who visited Washington in those early days. Especially valuable is a section on the preparation of the famous McKenney and Hall History of the Indian Tribes of North America, long recognized by historians and anthropologists as a unique source for the study of Native Americans. There is an important introduction by John C. Ewers, one of the world's leading authorities on the American Indian.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King (Smithsonian Institution Press, Pub #6256). To get started finding The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King (Smithsonian Institution Press, Pub #6256), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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