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    • MCKENNEY, THOMAS, AND HALL, JAMES. 'HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS'. PHILADELPHIA: EDWARD C. BIDDLE, FREDERICK W. GREENOUGH, DANIEL RICE AND JAMES G. CLARK, 1836, 1838, 1844
      Jun. 28, 2018

      MCKENNEY, THOMAS, AND HALL, JAMES. 'HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS'. PHILADELPHIA: EDWARD C. BIDDLE, FREDERICK W. GREENOUGH, DANIEL RICE AND JAMES G. CLARK, 1836, 1838, 1844

      Est: $40,000 - $60,000

      3 volumes, folio (20 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.; 527 x 368 mm). 120 hand-colored lithographed plates, map, 17 pages of subscriber facsimile signatures; text variously foxed with offsetting and some staining as often found, but the plates, being on better stock, are generally spared with only occasional foxing and some repaired edge tears, one tear to a text leaf with loss. Contemporary red half morocco and pebbled cloth, spines richly gilt with raised bands; bands rubbed, some skinning at extremities.  Original printed front wrappers to numbers 1-4, 7 and 9 and a rear wrapper listing the agents for the set by state from an unidentified number laid in, each with the ink ownership signature of Samuel Colt. Contemporary cloth boxes.

      Sotheby's
    • James Clark (1834-1926) Dinner guests, oil on
      Sep. 04, 2012

      James Clark (1834-1926) Dinner guests, oil on

      Est: £800 - £1,200

      James Clark (1834-1926) Dinner guests, oil on canvas, Signed lower right, 61 x 45.5cm (24 x 18in)

      Dreweatts 1759
    • AFTER JOHN HEAVISIDE CLARK (CIRCA 1770-1863) Field Sports of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales, published by Edward Orme, Lo...
      Jun. 24, 2012

      AFTER JOHN HEAVISIDE CLARK (CIRCA 1770-1863) Field Sports of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales, published by Edward Orme, Lo...

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      AFTER JOHN HEAVISIDE CLARK (CIRCA 1770-1863) Field Sports of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales, published by Edward Orme, London 1813 i) Fishing no. 1 ii) Fishing no. 2 iii) Trial iv) Throwing the Spear v) The Dance vi) Repose vii) Smoking out the Opossum viii) Climbing Trees ix) Warriors of NSW x) Hunting the Kangaroo coloured aquatints (10) 13.5 x 19cm (each)

      Leonard Joel
    • MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859. & JAMES HALL. 1793-1868. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough; Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1838-42-44.
      Dec. 02, 2010

      MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859. & JAMES HALL. 1793-1868. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough; Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1838-42-44.

      Est: $60,000 - $80,000

      History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Frederick W. Greenough; Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1838-42-44. [4], 3-4, 206; [2], 237; 196, [2] pp. With 120 hand-colored lithographed plates, 1 page of lithographed maps, and 17 pp of subscribers' signatures. Folio (512 x 353 mm). Early crimson half morocco over marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered and with Native American and tomahawk and peace pipe devices, by J. Wright, custom cloth clamshell boxes. Very few plates toned, or with scattered light foxing, minimal offset from text to plates, first volume with "Kiontwogky" plate incorrectly pulled with text smeared below image, "Okeemakeequid" plate with slight shadow to text, contents leaf creased, hinges cracked, second volume with a crease affecting contents leaf, "Buffalo Hunt" plate (lightly), and the subsequent text leaf, "Katawabeda" plate with crease not affecting image, all volumes with shelfwear to bindings, a few stray stains, joints and corners rubbed and with some flaking, some oxidation to gilt. Volume I in state C with "War Dance" plate and "Red Jacket" plate in State D; vol II in state B; and vol III in state A. This copy has coloring darker and richer than is sometimes seen. Soon after Thomas L. McKenney was appointed Superintendent of Indian Trade in 1816, he struck upon the idea of creating an archive to preserve the artifacts, implements, and history of the Native Americans. The Archives of the American Indian became the first national collection in Washington and were curated with great care by McKenney through his tenure as Superintendent and also when he served as the first head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs beginning in 1824. Artist Charles Bird King arrived in town in 1822 and, during a visit to his studio, McKenney was inspired to add portraits to the archives. King would, for the following twenty years, capture many of the visiting Indian dignitaries, as well as make copies of watercolors created in the field by the less able James Otto Lewis. Many saw the great value in preserving what was already known to be a vanishing race, but others in government criticized the expenses incurred. The visiting Indian delegations who had come to Washington to meet with the "Great Father" (their name for the president) would inevitably tour the Indian gallery, which was housed in the War Department building, and were generally impressed, many requesting that their portrait be painted and added to the collection. This seemed to help smooth relations during the often tense treaty negotiations. McKenney was preparing to publish a collection of the Indian portraits when he lost his position at the Bureau during Andrew Jackson's house cleaning in 1830. This seemed like an omen, as many other setbacks befell the project: publishers went bankrupt, investors dropped out, historical information became unobtainable, and expenses soared. McKenney finally enlisted Ohio jurist and writer James Hall to assist with the project, making him a partner. Hall was able to complete the individual biographies of each subject and put the finishing touches on the general history. Six years passed between the original prospectus and the issue of the first part. In that time, James Otto Lewis, who was likely bitter that he would receive no credit for the King-reworked portraits that he sent to the Archives, beat McKenney to the market with his own Aboriginal Port-Folio in 1835. Unfortunately for Lewis, the illustrations were of inferior quality and very few of its later numbers were ever completed. McKenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, on the other hand, was a resounding artistic success. The lithographs were of such high quality, comparable to the best work from Europe, that John James Audubon commissioned the lithographer James T. Bowen to provide illustrations for a revised edition of his Birds of America. Indian Tribes wasn't a financial success, however, for its high price prohibited all but the wealthy and public libraries from subscribing to it. This and the depression after the panic of 1837 both contributed to the work going through several publishers and lithographers before its completion. King's original paintings were eventually transferred to the Smithsonian Institute, where most of them perished in the January 1865 fire. A number of the paintings exist in the form of contemporary copies made by King and his students, but the present work is by far the most complete record of this important collection. BAL 6934; Howes M129; Reese Stamped with a National Character 24; Sabin 43410a; Viola The Indian Legacy of Charles Bird King. Acquisition: Sotheby's New York, May 21, 1993, lot 103, $51,000.

      Bonhams
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