Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Sioux, Mah-To-Chee-Ga (The Little Bear)
No. 21 from the Duke of Portland's Album Unique
ArtistaGeorge Catlin(1796-1872)
Fecha1852
MedioPencil on paper
Dimensiones14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscripción(es)verso: 21 / Sioux / Mah-to-chee-ga (the Little Bear) a very famous / Warrior, wrapped in a beautiful Robe, his shield / on his back and his pipe tomahawk in his / hand.
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.1
ClasificaciónDrawing
Procedenciato John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, sixth Duke of Portland, England (part of a larger album of 215 portraits); by descent in the family until 1953; (Christie's, London, England), March 23, 1953; to Charles Traylen, Guildord, England, 1953; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); (William Reese Company, New Haven, CT); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
En exhibiciónNo
This artwork's face covers about 20× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.