Join us for a one-night event at the Hessel School House - a presentation and exhibition of the McKenney and Hall lithographs. Thomas McKenney was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the 1820s and 30s. During his tenure, he commissioned artists James Otto Lewis and Charles Blackbird to paint portraits of Native American Chiefs and dignitaries who came to Washington D.C. After leaving his position with the War Department, McKenney partnered with lithographers and funded by James Hall to produce lithograph prints of the portraits. Learn about Thomas McKenney, James Hall, artists, and the Native Americans who sat for the portraits.