National Gallery of Art · Painting
Black Hawk and Five Other Saukie Prisoners
George Catlin
- Date
- 1861/1869
- Medium
- oil on card mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 47.3 x 63.3 cm (18 5/8 x 24 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Painting
- Accession number
- 1965.16.95
- Credit line
- Paul Mellon Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CAB
Subjects and terms
- painted surface
- American
- American Paintings, Catlin
- North American Indian
- portrait
- Saukie
- Muk-a-ta-mish-o-ka-kaik (The Black Hawk), chief
- Na-pope (Soup), warrior
- Na-se-us-kuk (The Whirling Thunder), son of chief
- Pam-a-ho (The Swimmer), warrior
- Prisoners
- Wa-pe-kee-suck (The White Cloud), warrior
- Wa-saw-me-saw (The Roaring Thunder), son of chief
- The Prophet
Provenance
George Catlin [1796-1872]; by descent to his daughters, Clara Gregory Catlin, Louise Catlin Kinney, and Elizabeth Wing Catlin; purchased 1912 from Elizabeth Wing Catlin by the American Museum of Natural History; sold 1959 through (Kennedy Galleries, New York) to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1965 to the NGA.
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