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Se-Quo-Yah
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John T. Bowen and Charles Bird King

Se-Quo-Yah

1841-1869

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Se-Quo-Yah

1841-1869

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Sheet: 266 x 174 mm. (10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) Image: 188 x 145 mm. (7 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Eileen Higham in Memory of her Husband, John Higham
Object Number 2004.38
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2004; Eileen Higham, Baltimore.

Signed: one

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: LWRC: "SE-QUO-YAH/ INVENTOR OF THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET"

Artist

John T. Bowen

2000–2000

American, born England, c. 1801-c. 1856
Meet John T. Bowen

Artist

Charles Bird King

1784–1861

American, 1785-1862
Meet Charles Bird King

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