MAJOR RIDGE. A CHEROKEE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America

Charles Bird King, MAJOR RIDGE. A CHEROKEE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1838, hand-colored lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.66.153,300
Charles Bird King, MAJOR RIDGE. A CHEROKEE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America, ca. 1838, hand-colored lithograph on paper, sheet: 19 5813 58 in. (49.834.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1985.66.153,300
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Artwork Details

Title
MAJOR RIDGE. A CHEROKEE CHIEF., from History of the Indian Tribes of North America
Artist
Printer
J. T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment
Publishers
McKenney and Hall
Date
ca. 1838
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 19 5813 58 in. (49.834.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums Description
hand-colored lithograph on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — other — chief
  • Portrait male — The man who walks on the mountain top
  • Portrait male — KAH-NUNG-DA-TLA-GEH
  • Portrait male — Ridge, Major
  • Indian — Cherokee
Object Number
1985.66.153,300

Works by this artist (129 items)

Charles Bird King, Miss Satterlee, ca. 1830-1839, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Albert M. Pitcher, Jr., 1976.117
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Dateca. 1830-1839
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Charles Bird King, Unidentified, Apauly-Tustennuggee, 1825, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.387,322
Apauly-Tustennuggee
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Unidentified
Date1825
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Charles Bird King, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, ca. 1824, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Adams-Clement Collection, gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement, 1950.6.5
Mrs. John Quincy Adams
Dateca. 1824
oil on canvas
Not on view

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