Mon-Chonsia, A Kansas Chief

Mon-Chonsia, A Kansas Chief

1842
Manufacturer
McKenney and Hall
Publisher
Daniel Rice and James G. Clark
Object
print
Medium
Chromolithograph
Accession Number
1955.97
Credit Line
Gift of Royal B. Hassrick

Charles Bird King, Mon-Chonsia, A Kansas Chief, about 1840. Lithograph; 20 1/16 x 14 in.
Printed in Thomas McKenney and James Hall, "History of the Indian Tribes of North America."
Gift of Royal B. Hassrick, 1955.97

Dimensions
height: 20 1/16 in, 50.9588 cm; width: 14 in, 35.5600 cm; mat height: 20 in, 50.8000 cm; mat width: 16 in, 40.6400 cm
Inscription
Bottom center under figure: "Mon-Chonsia. / A Kansas Chief. / Published by Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, Philad(raised "a"). / Drawn, Printed & Col(raised "d") at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Establishmen [sic], 94, Walnut St. Phila / Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1842, by James G. Clark in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of P(raised "a")."
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Known Provenance
Royal B. Hassrick [1917–1989], Elizabeth, CO, by 1955; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1955.