Amon Carter print details
A color print of a large group of Indigenous figures listening to two White men at a podium, a group of soldiers seated in chairs next to them, and in the foreground, Indigenous people in various activities in front of three white tents.

View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien, September 1825, at which upwards of 5000 Indian Warriors of the Chippewa, Sioux, Sacs and Foxes, Winnebago, Potawatomi, Menominee, Ioway, and Ottowa tribes were present. Governor Lewis Cass of Michigan a

James Otto Lewis (1799-1858)

Object Details

  • Date

    1835-1836

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Lithograph with applied watercolor

  • Contributors

    Printed by Lehman & Duval Lithrs.

  • Object Format

    Portfolio

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 3/16 x 12 in.
    Sheet: 11 3/8 x 18 1/4 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    printed l.c.: Lehman & Duval Lith[rs]. \ VIEW OF THE GREAT TREATY HELD AT PRARIE [sic] DU CHIEN \ SEPTEMBER 1825 \ at which upwards of 5000 Indian Warriors of the CHIPPEWAYS, SIOUX, SACS & FOXES, WINNEBAGOES, POTTOWATTOMIES, MENOMONIES, IOWAYS & OTTOWAS tribes were present \ Gov. LEWIS CASS of Michigan and W[m]. CLARK of Missouri, Commissioners on the Part of the UNITED STATES. \ Painted on the Spot by J.O. Lewis._

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1965.10.1

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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