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Engraver, Painter, b. 1799 - d. 1858

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  • Lewis - Sun-A-Get or Hard-Times, A Pottawatomie Chief
    Apr. 19, 2025

    Lewis - Sun-A-Get or Hard-Times, A Pottawatomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Nah-Shaw-A-Gaa or The White Dog's Son, Pottawatomie Chief
    Apr. 19, 2025

    Lewis - Nah-Shaw-A-Gaa or The White Dog's Son, Pottawatomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - The Pipe Dance and The Tomahawk Dance of the Chippway Tribe
    Apr. 12, 2025

    Lewis - The Pipe Dance and The Tomahawk Dance of the Chippway Tribe

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Kaa-Nun-Der-Waaguinse-Zoo or the Berry Picker, a Famous Chippewa Chief
    Apr. 12, 2025

    Lewis - Kaa-Nun-Der-Waaguinse-Zoo or the Berry Picker, a Famous Chippewa Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Cut-Taa-Tas-Tia, A Celebrated Chief of the Fox Tribe
    Apr. 12, 2025

    Lewis - Cut-Taa-Tas-Tia, A Celebrated Chief of the Fox Tribe

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Na-Mas or the Little Sturtgeon, A Chippeway Chief
    Apr. 12, 2025

    Lewis - Na-Mas or the Little Sturtgeon, A Chippeway Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - O-Che-Na-Shink-Kaa or the Man that Stands and Strikes, A Winnebago Chief
    Apr. 05, 2025

    Lewis - O-Che-Na-Shink-Kaa or the Man that Stands and Strikes, A Winnebago Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Brewett, A Celebrated Miami Chief
    Apr. 05, 2025

    Lewis - Brewett, A Celebrated Miami Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Waa-Ba-Shaw, A Celebrated Sioux Chief
    Apr. 05, 2025

    Lewis - Waa-Ba-Shaw, A Celebrated Sioux Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Shounk-Chunk the Blackwolf, A Winnebago Chief
    Apr. 05, 2025

    Lewis - Shounk-Chunk the Blackwolf, A Winnebago Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Kee-Me-One or Rain, A Chippeway Chief
    Mar. 29, 2025

    Lewis - Kee-Me-One or Rain, A Chippeway Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Pe-A-Jick, A Chippewa Chief
    Mar. 29, 2025

    Lewis - Pe-A-Jick, A Chippewa Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Na-She-Mung-Ga, A Miami Chief
    Mar. 29, 2025

    Lewis - Na-She-Mung-Ga, A Miami Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Pe-A-Jick, A Chippewa Chief
    Mar. 22, 2025

    Lewis - Pe-A-Jick, A Chippewa Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Tshu-Gue-Ga, A Celebrated Chief, half Winnebago and half French
    Mar. 22, 2025

    Lewis - Tshu-Gue-Ga, A Celebrated Chief, half Winnebago and half French

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Waa-Top-E-Not or the Eagle's Bed, A Fox Chief
    Mar. 22, 2025

    Lewis - Waa-Top-E-Not or the Eagle's Bed, A Fox Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Richardville, The Head Chief of the Miami Tribe of Indians
    Mar. 22, 2025

    Lewis - Richardville, The Head Chief of the Miami Tribe of Indians

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Ma-Ko-Me-Ta or Bear's Oil, A Monomonie Chief
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Lewis - Ma-Ko-Me-Ta or Bear's Oil, A Monomonie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Chat-O-Nis-See, Pottowattomie Chief
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Lewis - Chat-O-Nis-See, Pottowattomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Pen-Now-We-Ta, A Miami Chief
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Lewis - Pen-Now-We-Ta, A Miami Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Mi-A-Qu-A, A Miami Chief
    Mar. 15, 2025

    Lewis - Mi-A-Qu-A, A Miami Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan
    Mar. 08, 2025

    Lewis - O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs, Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago Lake Michigan

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Chat-O-Nis-See, Pottowattomie Chief
    Mar. 08, 2025

    Lewis - Chat-O-Nis-See, Pottowattomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Me-No-Quet, A Distinguish'd Pottowattomie Chief
    Mar. 08, 2025

    Lewis - Me-No-Quet, A Distinguish'd Pottowattomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Mish-Sha-Quat or the Clear Sky, A Chippeway Chief
    Mar. 08, 2025

    Lewis - Mish-Sha-Quat or the Clear Sky, A Chippeway Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - View of the Great Treaty held at Prairie du Chien, Septmber, 1825
    Mar. 01, 2025

    Lewis - View of the Great Treaty held at Prairie du Chien, Septmber, 1825

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Wadt-He-Doo-Kaana, Chief of the Winnebagoes
    Mar. 01, 2025

    Lewis - Wadt-He-Doo-Kaana, Chief of the Winnebagoes

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Waa-Pa-Laa or the Playing Fox, Prince of the Fox Tribe
    Mar. 01, 2025

    Lewis - Waa-Pa-Laa or the Playing Fox, Prince of the Fox Tribe

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Sun-A-Get or Hard-Times, a Pottawatomie Chief
    Mar. 01, 2025

    Lewis - Sun-A-Get or Hard-Times, a Pottawatomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Ke-Wa-Din or the North Wind, Chippeway Chief
    Mar. 01, 2025

    Lewis - Ke-Wa-Din or the North Wind, Chippeway Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Kaa-Nun-Der-Waaguinse-Zoo or the Berry Picker, A Famous Chippewa Chief
    Feb. 22, 2025

    Lewis - Kaa-Nun-Der-Waaguinse-Zoo or the Berry Picker, A Famous Chippewa Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Nabu-Naa-Kee-Shick or The One Side of the Sky, A Chippewa Chief
    Feb. 22, 2025

    Lewis - Nabu-Naa-Kee-Shick or The One Side of the Sky, A Chippewa Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Mauck-Coo-Maun, A Celebrated Ioway Chief
    Feb. 22, 2025

    Lewis - Mauck-Coo-Maun, A Celebrated Ioway Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - The Little Crow, A Celebrated Sioux Chief
    Feb. 22, 2025

    Lewis - The Little Crow, A Celebrated Sioux Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Me-No-Quet, A Distinguish'd Pottowattomie Chief
    Feb. 15, 2025

    Lewis - Me-No-Quet, A Distinguish'd Pottowattomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - 10 Native American Lithographs
    Feb. 08, 2025

    Lewis - 10 Native American Lithographs

    Est: $2,000 - $4,000

    Incluced in this lot: Mi-A-Qu-A, A Miami Chief Francis Godfroy, A Celebrated Chief among the Miamis, half French & half Miami Chippeway Squaws A Celebrated Ottawa Chief Pe-Schick-Ee, A Celebrated Chippway Chief Too-Sha-Na-Gan-Ka or The Little Otter, A Winnebago Chief Men-Dow-Min or The Corn, A Chippewa Dwarf Weesh-Cub or the Sweet, A Noted Chippeway Chief Richardville, The Head Chief of the Miami Tribe of Indians A Chippeway Squaw and Child Description of the work: This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Men-Dow-Min or The Corn, A Chippewa Dwarf
    Feb. 01, 2025

    Lewis - Men-Dow-Min or The Corn, A Chippewa Dwarf

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - A Sioux Chief
    Feb. 01, 2025

    Lewis - A Sioux Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Pach-E-Po, A Pottawattomie Chief
    Feb. 01, 2025

    Lewis - Pach-E-Po, A Pottawattomie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - O-Hya-Wa-Nim-Ce-Kee or The Yellow Thunder, A Chippeway Chief
    Feb. 01, 2025

    Lewis - O-Hya-Wa-Nim-Ce-Kee or The Yellow Thunder, A Chippeway Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Kitch-Ee-I-Aa-Ba or the Big Buck, A Chippewa Chief
    Feb. 01, 2025

    Lewis - Kitch-Ee-I-Aa-Ba or the Big Buck, A Chippewa Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - A Winnebago Squaw, Wife of O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs
    Jan. 25, 2025

    Lewis - A Winnebago Squaw, Wife of O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Ker-O-Menee, A Celebrated Winnebago Chief
    Jan. 25, 2025

    Lewis - Ker-O-Menee, A Celebrated Winnebago Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Shounk-Chunk the Black Wolf, A Winnebago Chief
    Jan. 25, 2025

    Lewis - Shounk-Chunk the Black Wolf, A Winnebago Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Waa-Ba-Shaw, A Celebrated Sioux Chief
    Jan. 25, 2025

    Lewis - Waa-Ba-Shaw, A Celebrated Sioux Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Ma-Che-Ka-Kat or the Bad Hawk, Monomonie Chief
    Jan. 18, 2025

    Lewis - Ma-Che-Ka-Kat or the Bad Hawk, Monomonie Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Mo-Wan-Za or The Little Wolf, A Miami Chief
    Jan. 18, 2025

    Lewis - Mo-Wan-Za or The Little Wolf, A Miami Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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  • Lewis - Too-Sha-Na-Gan-Ka or The Little Otter, A Winnebago Chief
    Jan. 18, 2025

    Lewis - Too-Sha-Na-Gan-Ka or The Little Otter, A Winnebago Chief

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    This originally hand-colored lithograph is from one of the rarest Indian works, James Otto Lewis’s The Aboriginal Portfolio. It was the first collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding both Catlin and McKenney & Hall’s works. George Lehman & Peter S. Duval published the Portfolio in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1836. Lewis was responsible with the images with hand-coloring completed by Lehman & Duval. The Aboriginal Portfolio is the first published portrait collection of prominent Native American leaders, made "on the spot and in the field." "Lewis is about to publish in numbers, a collection of Indian lithographic portraits taken by him during a residence of about fifteen years among the various tribes of the west. He has succeeded in obtaining numerous portraits, all of which are remarkably true to nature. Some of the lithographs we have examined, and we are sure that they are well calculated to excite interest." - St. Louis Commercial Bulletin, May 18, 1835. James Otto Lewis (1799-1858) was born in Philadelphia. He studied in St. Louis and became an engraver in portraitist. He moved to Detroit later, when in 1823 the governor of Michigan, Lewis Cass, asked him to paint Tens-qua-ta-wa, a Shawnee prophet, in an official diplomatic delegation to the city (plate 67). Cass sent the portrait to Thomas L. McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Fairs, with the request he become the official government portraitist of Indian councils in the Great Lakes region. Lewis’s work was also the first large work to deal with a subject beyond the East Coast and also one of the earliest American lithography projects. Lewis painted Indians on his travels with Michigan Governor Lewis Cass. They went on four Indian treaty expeditions in the Great Lakes regions. Unfortunately, like McKenney & Hall's work, Lewis's original paintings were destroyed in the Smithsonian fire of 1865.

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