Caa-tou-see: An Ojibray [i.e. Ojibway]
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Title
Caa-tou-see: An Ojibray [i.e. Ojibway]
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Indians -- North America -- Eastern-Northern -- 1800s
Names
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 (Delineator)
Lewis, James Otto, 1799-1858 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1836 - 1844
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: E. C. Biddle
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor-E 18
Subjects
Indians of North America -- 1800-1899
Ojibwa Indians -- Men -- 1800-1899
Face painting -- United States -- 1800-1899
Caatousee
Feathers
Indians of North America -- Clothing & dress
Genres
Portrait Prints
Reproductive Prints
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Painted by C. B. King." "Philadelphia. Published by E.C. Biddle." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by E.C. Biddle, in the clerks office of the district court of the eastern district of Pa."
Content: [Original by James Otto Lewis, 1827. (Horan, 1972, p. 226)]
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.
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 41 x 30 cm. (16 x 11 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17175892
Barcode: 33333159342688
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7e309e80-c554-012f-e886-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1836
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1836 - 1844). Caa-tou-see: An Ojibray [i.e. Ojibway] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e309e80-c554-012f-e886-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Caa-tou-see: An Ojibray [i.e. Ojibway]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e309e80-c554-012f-e886-58d385a7bc34
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