Detail View: George Catlin: The Printed Works: Ball Players.

Work Record ID: 
683
Reproduction Record ID: 
683
Work Class: 
group portraits
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America.
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Ball Players.
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
13.00 x 18.50 in (33.02 x 46.99 cm) on sheet ca. 17 x 23.5 in (43.2 x 59.7 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
rag paper
Material Type: 
support
Technique: 
lithotint
Creator: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Creator Dates: 
1796-1872
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1875-1877
Location: 
Fort Gibson (Okla.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Location: 
Fort Snelling (Minn.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
21
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
74
ID Number Type: 
standard number
ID Number: 
75
ID Number Type: 
standard number
ID Number: 
299
ID Number Type: 
standard number
ID Number: 
ARB RB Oversize E77.C3
ID Number Type: 
call number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Hairdressing
Subject: 
Bracelets
Subject: 
Breechcloths
Subject: 
Beadwork
Subject: 
Belts (Clothing)
Subject: 
Face painting
Subject: 
Feathers
Subject: 
Braids (Hairdressing)
Subject: 
Necklaces
Subject: 
Earrings
Subject: 
Roaches (Hair)
Subject: 
Horsehair
Subject: 
Tacks
Subject: 
Headdresses
Subject: 
Choctaw
Subject: 
He Who Drinks the Juice of the Stone (Tul-lock-chish-ko)
Subject: 
Ball games
Subject: 
Ball sticks
Subject: 
Dakota (Santee)
Subject: 
He Who Stands on Both Sides (Ah-no-je-nahge)
Subject: 
Red Man (We-chush-ta-doo-ta)
Related Work: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872. [Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. London: Chatto & Windus, 1875-1877.]
Relation Type: 
larger entity
Description: 
Described in Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio p. 15. Left to Right: 1. He Who Drinks the Juice of the Stone, Choctaw, painted at Fort Gibson in 1834, Gallery No. 299 (Truettner, 1979, p. 227). Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "Tul-lock-chish-ko, Full-length, in the dress and attitude of a ball-player, with ball-sticks in his hand, and tail, made of white horsehair, attached to his belt." 2. Red Man, Dakota (Santee), painted at Fort Snelling in 1835, Gallery No. 75 (Truettner, 1979, p. 165). Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "We-chush-ta-doo-ta, the Red Man; the two [with He Who Stands on Both Sides] most distinguished ball-players of the Sioux tribe, in their ball-play dress, with their ball-sticks in their hands." 3. He Who Stands on Both Sides (Ah-no-je-nahge), Dakota (Santee), painted at Fort Snelling in 1835, Gallery No. 74 (Truettner, 1979, p. 165). See also plates 223, 235, and 236 in Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c)University of Cincinnati Digital Press 1997