1837
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ne-Sou-A Quoit, a Fox Chief is a 1837 ink by Albert Newsam, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a man dressed as a Fox Chief. He wears a tall feathered headdress with red and yellow accents, a fur cloak, and a necklace with a small medal. His face is painted with bold red and yellow stripes, and he holds a small white animal in one hand. The medal around his neck has a portrait of a white man on it, which might be a symbol of diplomacy or trade. This image was made as a lithograph, a printing method that lets artists create many copies of their work. Check out the technique: lithography to see how this kind of print was made.
Albert Newsam (May 20, 1809 – November 20, 1864) was an American lithographer and painter.
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