Detail View: George Catlin: The Printed Works: Wi-jun-jon. An Assinneboin Chief.

Work Record ID: 
687
Reproduction Record ID: 
687
Work Class: 
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: 
Wi-jun-jon. An Assinneboin Chief.
Title Type: 
inscribed title
Measurements: 
18.375 x 12.938 in (46.67 x 32.86 cm) on sheet ca. 23.5 x 17 in (59.7 x 43.2 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: 
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
25
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
474
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: 
Hats
Subject: 
Hide painting
Subject: 
Hides and skins--Ermine
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: 
Fort Union (N.D.)--Views
Subject: 
Hairdressing
Subject: 
Tobacco-pipes
Subject: 
Robes (Hide)
Subject: 
Cap headdresses
Subject: 
Belts (Clothing)
Subject: 
Earrings
Subject: 
Feather headdresses
Subject: 
The Light (Wi-jun-jon)
Subject: 
Assiniboin
Subject: 
Fans
Subject: 
Coats
Subject: 
Bottles
Subject: 
Washington (D.C.)--Views
Subject: 
Cigarettes
Subject: 
Epaulets
Subject: 
Gloves
Subject: 
Swords
Subject: 
Umbrellas and parasols
Subject: 
Uniforms
Subject: 
Boots
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 pp. 18-20. Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "Wi-jun-jon (an Assineboin Chief), going to and returning from Washington. This man was taken to that city in 1832, in a beautiful Indian dress, by Major Sanford, the Indian agent, and returned to his country the next spring, in a Colonel's uniform. He lectured a while to his people on the customs of the whites, when he was denounced by them for telling lies, which he had learned of the whites, and was, by his own people, put to death at the mouth of the Yellow Stone." Originally painted in the period 1837-1839 (Truettner, 1979, p. 280). See also plates 271 and 272 in Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c)University of Cincinnati Digital Press 1997