Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1820-1823
Object Number:
PR.221.44
Medium:
Engraving
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Shahaka (Sheheke or Big White c. 1766-1812), Chief of the Mandans
Object Number:
1860.95
Date:
1806-07
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, Conté crayon, and black and white chalk on pink prepared paper, nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/8 x 17 in. ( 56.8 x 43.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left, graphite: "Indian dis...[indecipherable]"
inscription: left: "Indian of the Iowas of the missapiris (?)"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along left edge vertically in graphite: "Indian of the Iowas of the Missouris"; at lower left: "Indien des iowas / du missoury"
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
