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

Se-Quo-Yah

1842-1870

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Se-Quo-Yah

1842-1870

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.)
Portfolio/Series From the octavo set "The History of the Indian Tribes of North America," text by Thomas McKenney and James Hall, Philadelphia, 1837-1844
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

American, born England, c. 1801-c. 1856

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Artist

Charles Bird King

American, 1785-1862

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