G. H. C. Melody et les indiens Ioways : comme ils ont ete presentes S. M. Louis Philippe 1er. Le 21 avri, 1845

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Title: G. H. C. Melody et les indiens Ioways : comme ils ont ete presentes S. M. Louis Philippe 1er. Le 21 avri, 1845
Creator: Catlin, George, 1796-1872, artist
Contributor: Morel, T., lithographer.
Published / Created: [1845?]
Publication Place: P. St. Marc 14, [Paris] and France Paris
Publisher: Imp. Bertauts
Abstract: Print reproduces the George Catlin painting of 1845 in a mirror image, left to right; shows a group of fourteen in full-length portraits; twelve Iowa Indians in native dress; three chiefs (Mew-Hu-She-Kaw, New-Mon-Ya, Se-Non-Ty-Yah); three warriors (Wash-ka-mon-ya, No-ho-mun-ya, and Wa-tan-ye); four women (Ruton-ye-we-ma, Ruton-we-me, Oke-we-me, and Koon-za-ya-me); and two children (Wa-ta-we-bu-ka-na and Ta-pa-ta-me) with, in western dress, the formerly enslaved African-American diplomat, linguist, and interpreter, Jeffrey Deroine, and the circus promoter, George H.C. Melody
Description: Title from caption below image.
Related to a companion print issued in Boston by J.H. Bufford with title in English: G.H.C. Melody, and the Ioway Indians: As they were presented to His Majesty Louis Philippe 1st, April 21st 1845; in this related print, the individuals portrayed are identified in a printed caption at bottom.
Extent: 1 print : 26 x 43 cm, on sheet 35 x 49 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Portraits
Pictorial works
Lithographs
Material: black and white lithograph ;, paper, ink, lithography, and single sided
Resource Type: still image
text
Subject (Name): Deroine, Jeffrey, 1806-1859
Mew-hu-she-kaw
New-Mon-Ya
Se-Non-Ty-Yah
Ta-pa-ta-me
Wa-ta-we-bu-ka-na
Wash-ka-mon-ya
No-ho-mun-ya
Wa-tan-ye
Melody, George H. C., 1793-1860
Subject (Topic): Iowa Indians
Subjects: Deroine, Jeffrey, 1806-1859 > Portraits
Mew-hu-she-kaw > Portraits
New-Mon-Ya > Portraits
Se-Non-Ty-Yah > Portraits
Ta-pa-ta-me > Portraits
Wa-ta-we-bu-ka-na > Portraits
Wash-ka-mon-ya > Portraits
No-ho-mun-ya > Portraits
Wa-tan-ye > Portraits
Melody, George H. C., 1793-1860 > Portraits
Iowa Indians > Pictorial works

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