Artist:

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872  Search this

Sitter:

Very Sweet Man  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1832

Luce Center Label:

George Catlin painted this image of Very Sweet Man, a member of the Crow/Apsaalooke tribe, at Fort Union in 1832. The figure wears over his temples a pair of hair bows, decorated with beads imported from Venice in the 1830s by white traders on the Upper Missouri. (Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)

Topic:

Indian\Crow  Search this

Portrait male  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Object number:

1985.66.169

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d07131d2-6f5b-4bea-8631-7706c130f6f8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.66.169