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Chemakane Mission
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| Accession #: | 919.2 |
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| Title: | Chemakane Mission |
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| Physical Description: | Color lithograph on paper. |
| Description: | Mission scene with American Indians in foreground gathering wood and working on various things. Buildings in background. American explorers Lewis and Clarke first noted Salishan speaking American Indian people, now known as the Spokan, living along the Spokane River in Eastern Washington in 1805. In 1839, Presbyterian missionaries established a mission among the Lower Spokan people at Chemakane, Washington. There they published a Spokan language primer in 1842, one of the earliest books printed on the Pacific coast. John Mix Stanley documented the mission buildings during the Northern Pacific Railway survey expedition of 1853. Missionaries abandoned the mission in 1849 following the massacre of Reverend Marcus Whitman and his companions at the Waiilatpu Presbyterian mission in the Walla Walla valley. |
| Category: | Art |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Architectural (Artwork->Subject); Figurative (Artwork->Subject); Landscape (Artwork->Subject); Lithograph (Artwork->Print)
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| Dimensions: |
Support Dimensions H x W 8 5/16 x 11 5/8"
Image Dimensions HxW 6 3/4 x 9 1/2"
Mat Dimensions HxW 16 1/8 x 20 "
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| Materials/Techniques: |
paper (Material)
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| Marks/Inscription: |
"Plate XXXIX,' upper right; "Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp 449 Broadway, NY," lower right; "Stanley, Del," lower right; "VSPRR EXP & Surveys 47th and 49th parallels," upper right
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. John Odson, 1938 |
| Copyright: |
public domain
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