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

Work Record ID: 
409
Reproduction Record ID: 
409
Work Class: 
portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
Black Rock, a Two Kettle (?) 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: 
6.55 x 4.725 in (16.64 x 12.00 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 Pierre (S.D.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
80
ID Number Type: 
standard number
ID Number: 
91
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
ARB RB E77.C4 1842 v.1
ID Number Type: 
call number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Hide painting
Subject: 
Hides and skins--Ermine
Subject: 
Horned headdresses
Subject: 
Lances
Subject: 
Leggings
Subject: 
Moccasins
Subject: 
Picture-writing
Subject: 
Quillwork
Subject: 
Shirts, Ceremonial
Subject: 
Tipis
Subject: 
Trade bead necklaces
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Robes (Hide)
Subject: 
Lakota (Teton)
Subject: 
Feather headdresses
Subject: 
Black Rock (Ee-ah-sa-pa)
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. I, pp. 221-224. Caption from Truettner catalog of Catlin's Indian Gallery. Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "Ee-ah-sa-pa, the Black Rock; Chief of the Nee-caw-wee-gee band; a very dignified chief, in a beautiful dress, full length, head-dress of eagles' quills and ermine, and horns of the buffalo; lance in his hand, and battles of his life emblazoned on his robe." Originally painted in 1832 (Truettner, 1979, p. 166).
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c)University of Cincinnati Digital Press 1997
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