10 parts (80 unnumbered plates) : color illustrations, portraits ; 49 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2019 5Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 2019 Folio 92: Imperfect: title page wanting. Consists of 10 parts (80 color plates of illustrations, 50 cm). Each part in its own original wrappers. Numbers 1-9, part number and month issued printed in ; number 10: part number in manuscript, month and last digit of year are blank. Numbers 4-10: Bookplate of Henry J. Cullen, Jr."Subscription price $2.00 per number, issued monthly until 10 numbers are complete."--Foot of printed wrapper, part 1.Numbers 1-3 each accompanied by a leaf headed: Advertisement ... Advertisement to number 1 dated: July 20, 1835.Text of advertisement for number two printed in 38 lines.Number 10: Part number issued written in manuscript, lacks month and last digit of year.Reese, W. James Otto Lewis and his Aboriginal port folioSabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, volume 10, page 309, number 40812Howes, W. U.S.iana, 1650-1950 (1962 edition), L315BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect: lacks one plate (numbers 74) in part 10. The "advertisement" to parts 1 and 3 are dated "July 20, 1835"; part 2, "June, 1835." In original parts, with blue printed wrappers. The part no. and date are supplied in manuscript for parts 8 and 10. The plates in part 10 are trimmed to a smaller size, and the wrapper to part 10 has been supplied from another copy (see letter from Eberstadt, Dec. 3, 1958). The BAC copy lacked a title page when Mellon purchased it from Eberstadt (see letter). A title page was subsequently added. It does not match other known title pages for the work as published by Lehman & Duval: "The North American aboriginal port-folio, by J.O. Lewis. Philadelphia: Published for the proprietor by Lehman & Duval, Lith. 1835." The illustrations on this title page resemble those of the edition published by Adlard (New York, 1839), but clearly from a different matrix.
Contents:
Number 1: Advertisement to the first number of the Aboriginal Port-folio, Philadelphia, July 20, 1835 -- [1] Waa-na-taa, or the Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe -- [2] Ma-ko-me-ta or Bear's Oil, a Monomonie chief -- [3] Shing-gaa-ba-w'osin or the Figured Stone, a Chippewa chief -- [4] Cha-co-to, a Pottawatomie chief -- [5] Tshu-gue-ga, a celebrated chief, half Winnebago and half French -- [6] Ma-che-ka-kat or the Bad Hawk, Monomonie chief -- [7] Kitch-ee-i-aa-ba or the Big Buck, a Chippewa chief -- [8] Wa-pa-laa or the Playing Fox, Prince of the Fox Tribe.
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Indians of North America -- Portraits. | Indians of North America -- Pictorial works. | Lithography. | Indians in art. | Cullen, Henry J. Jr. -- Bookplate.