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

Work Record ID: 
602
Reproduction Record ID: 
602
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
Whirling Thunder, eldest son of Black Hawk
Title Type: 
preferred title
Title: 
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.
Title Type: 
collective title
Measurements: 
3.05 x 3.40 in (7.75 x 8.64 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: 
Jefferson Barracks (Mo.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
3
ID Number Type: 
standard number
ID Number: 
284
ID Number Type: 
plate 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: 
Trade bead necklaces
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Robes (Hide)
Subject: 
Body painting
Subject: 
Face painting
Subject: 
Hair pipes
Subject: 
Armbands
Subject: 
Neck rings
Subject: 
Sauk (Osakiwug)
Subject: 
Whirling Thunder (Nah-se-us-kuk)
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. 211. Caption from Truettner catalog of Catlin's Indian Gallery. Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "Nah-se-us-kuk, the Whirling Thunder; eldest son of Black Hawk. A very handsome man. He distinguished himself in the Black Hawk War." Originally painted in 1832 (Truettner, 1979, p, 144). The figure in this plate lacks the roach seen in the original oil.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c)University of Cincinnati Digital Press 1997
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