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Lot 123
Two McKenney & Hall Indian Portraits
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Hand-colored lithographs, published by E. C. Biddle (Philadelphia, 1833), engraved by Lehman & Duval after portraits by Charles Bird King, the first depicting "Shin-Ga-Ba-W'Ossin" (Chippewa Chief) (Paper size 18.5 x 13.25 in.) and the second "Ong-Pa-Ton-Ga / or the Big Elk / Chief of the Omahas" (Paper size 20 x 13 7/8 in.), both framed under glass.

Estate of Joseph A. Montgomery, San Francisco, CA

"Ong-Pa-Ton-Ga" with several tears to edges of paper, transfer of text to paper, toning; "Shin-Ga-Ba-W'Ossin" with toning.

$800 - 1,200