Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah or the Sleepy Eye. A Sioux Chief.

Charles Bird King (1785-1862)

Date

1836
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Published by Key & Biddle

Printed by Lehman & Duval Lithrs.
Dimensions

Image: 12 1/4 x 9 in.
Sheet: 19 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. on stone: Newsam
l.l.: Painted by C.B. King.
l.c.: ESH-TAH-HUM-LEAH \ or the Sleepy Eye \ A Sioux Chief \ Philadelphia Published by Key & Biddle \ Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by Key & Biddle in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
l.r.: Lehman & Duval Lith[rs]. Phila.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1975.64.8
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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