Detail View: George Catlin: The Printed Works: Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.

Work Record ID: 
508
Reproduction Record ID: 
508
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
Little Chief, a chief
Title Type: 
preferred title
Title: 
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.
Title Type: 
collective title
Measurements: 
3.125 x 2.35 in (7.94 x 5.97 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
paper (fiber product)
Material Type: 
support
Technique: 
engraving (printing process)
Creator: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Creator Dates: 
1796-1872
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1842
Location: 
Fort Leavenworth (Kan.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
191
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
246
ID Number Type: 
standard number
ID Number: 
ARB RB E77.C4 1842 v.2
ID Number Type: 
call number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Quillwork
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Coats
Subject: 
Shirts, Men's
Subject: 
Little Chief (Kee-mon-saw)
Subject: 
Kaskaskia
Subject: 
Neckties
Subject: 
Trousers
Subject: 
Vests
Related Work: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872. Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. Third Edition. London: Published for the Author by Tilt and Bogue, Fleet Street, 1842.
Relation Type: 
larger entity
Description: 
Described in Vol. II, p. 100. Caption from Truettner catalog of Catlin's Indian Gallery. Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "Kee-mon-saw, the Little Chief; Chief; Semi-civilized." Probably painted at Fort Leavenworth in 1830 (Truettner, 1979, p. 210). The figure holds an object which may be a tobacco-pipe or a flute.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c)University of Cincinnati Digital Press 1997
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