MAJOR RIDGE
1838
After Paintings by Charles Bird King (1785 - 1862)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvainia
Lithograph
HOA: 18 5/8", WOA: 13 15/16"
MESDA Purchase Fund (acc. 5507.3)
Born in the Cherokee country of East Tennessee, Major Ridge was one of the prominent Cherokee chiefs at the time of their removal to Oklahoma. An advocate of westernization, Ridge sent his some John to be educated at the Movavian mission in Springplace, Georgia, and two of his daughters to the Salem Academy in North Carolina.
To learn more about Major Ridge visit the online exhibit "A Land of Liberty and Plenty": Georgia Decorative Arts 1733-1860.
