National Museum of American History
Perfect Likenesses
May 15, 1977 – September 19, 1977
Visit an exhibit of Indian portraits by Charles Bird King, Henry Inman and lithographic artists of the early 19th century featuring 30 paintings, 160 lithographs, and 10 artifacts.
It is the first time paintings and lithographs from one of the country's most ambitious 19th century publishing ventures—History of the Indian Tribes of North America (1836-44) —have been reassembled to re-examine the project's accurancy and historic value.
Catalogue
Related books: The Indian Legacy of Chas. Bird King
Thos. L. McKenney, Architect of America's Early Indian Policy
