Large Antique Print of Push-Ma-Ta-Ha, a Choctaw Warrior, circa 1838
€ 1 900
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1838
Sheet size
53.7 × 39 cm (21.1 × 15.4 in)
Condition
Fair
Reference
BG-13467-1
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Repaired: closed tears in the margins. Age-related toning. Shows wear and soiling, adding to its patina. Closed tears in margins. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
Push-ma-ta-ha, a Choctaw warrior, a hand-colored lithograph from the History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, published in Philadelphia by F.W. Greenough and drawn, printed and colored at J.T. Bowen's lithographic establishment, about 1838. The name is lettered "PUSH-MA-TA-HA", with "A Choctaw Warrior" beneath it, and the publisher's imprint and copyright line follow.
The portrait is a half-length bust. The man has dark, curling hair and a composed, slightly guarded expression. He wears a dark blue military-style coat with large gold fringed epaulettes, a red facing at the lapel, a white ruffled shirt front and a black stock, a costume of the kind presented to Native leaders who dealt with the United States. The face is colored in warm brown and the coat is shaded in broad blue washes.
Pushmataha was a principal Choctaw leader in the early nineteenth century and negotiated with the United States on the lands of the Choctaw in what is now Mississippi. He died in Washington in 1824. The portrait was drawn from a painting made there.
