Dighton, Denis:

$11,750 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN WARRIORS, FROM LAKE ERIE, OF THE TRIBE OF SENECA, WHO WERE IN LONDON IN 1818. A very rare and significant handcolored lithograph produced in London depicting seven touring Seneca Indians from Buffalo Creek, who arrived in Liverpool in January 1818, and toured at least through May. The names of the Native Americans depicted, posed in front of a painted panorama of the Niagara Falls, appear in the margin below each in both phonetic Seneca and their English translation: Beaver, I like her, Two Guns, Steep Back, Black Squirrel, Long Horns, and Little Bear. The group was part of a travelling show organized by Storr & Co., which sent the seven Seneca warriors around England and where the Native Americans were particularly noticed and described by the Society of Friends.Denis Dighton was enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy, where he exhibited seventeen paintings between 1811 and 1825. Favored by the Royals, Dighton was appointed military draughtsman to the Prince Regent, and is best known for his military portraits and battle scenes, especially his views of the Waterloo battlefield. A watercolor portrait painting by Dighton of Chief Long Horns, titled "Portrait of Senung-Gise, North American Indian Chief," also survives."In 1818 - early - Juba Storrs & Co entered into a speculation, joining with some others, among them Hale & Brigham of Canandaigua. This project was nothing less than an ante-Barnum project: They became proprietors of a show. A compan

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