McKenney Hall Octavo Portrait Print 1855: Moanahonga \"Great Walker,\" Ioway Chief For Sale

• The original portrait was painted by artist Charles Bird King.
• Wa-Na-Ta, also known as \"The Charger\". He was a Grand Chief of the Sioux (Yanktona).
• The portrait emphasizes markers of leadership and power, such as a gunstock war club, a tufted deerskin headdress, and silver and shell jewelry.
• Moanahonga was known for his great muscular strength and endurance, which enabled him to lead war parties over vast distances without fatigue.
• The original paintings for this series were part of a collection that was unfortunately destroyed in a fire at the Smithsonian in 1865.
• The print was part of an effort to preserve a visual record of Native American leaders who visited Washington D.C. for treaty negotiations, many of whom were displaced after the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
• McKenney and Hall\'s work is considered an invaluable and important historical and ethnographic record from the 19th century.

One of four in our collection of original hand colored lithographed octavo size prints.

Minor scuffing to the frame.

Discount on multiple purchases from our collection- 2 prints/10%, 3 prints/18%