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Title
Se-quo-yah
Additional title: Se-Quo-Yah, or George Guess, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet.
Names
J.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment (Printer)
Tremblay, Ralph (fl. ca. 1817-) (Lithographer)
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Indians -- North America -- Eastern-Northern -- 1800s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1838
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor-E 18
Topics
Alphabets (Writing systems)
Indians of North America -- 1800-1899
Cherokee Indians -- Men -- 1800-1899
Tobacco pipes -- 1800-1899
Cherokee language
Sequoyah, 1770?-1843
Pointing fingers
Indians of North America -- Clothing & dress
Turbans
Robes
Genres
Portrait prints
Reproductive prints
Notes
Statement of responsibility: "Published by F.W. Greenough, Philad. Drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No. 94, Walnut St. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1838 by F.W. Greenough in the clerks office of the district court of the eastern district of Penna."--printed on border.
Source note: History of the Indian tribes of North America with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs : with 120 portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington. (Philadelphia : Biddle, 1836-1844) Hall, James (1793-1868), Author. McKenney, Thomas Loraine (1785-1859), Author.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Hand-colored lithograph on laid paper.
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 40 x 30 cm. (15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17175892
Barcode: 33333159342639
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a3eb1a40-c554-012f-b540-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1838: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Se-quo-yah" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1ac2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1838). Se-quo-yah Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1ac2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Se-quo-yah