Wanata (The Charger), Grand Chief of the Sioux
Artist
Charles Bird King
(born Newport, Rhode Island, 1785; died Washington, D.C., 1862)
Date1826
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage Overall: 39 x 27 1/4 in. (99.1 x 69.2 cm)
Frame: 46 13/16 × 34 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (118.9 × 88.5 × 8 cm)
Frame: 46 13/16 × 34 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (118.9 × 88.5 × 8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2014.6.76
DescriptionFull length portrait of a Native American man standing in a landscape. In his right hand he holds a feathered rifle and he has a blanket or shawl decorated with lines and symbols draped over his left arm. He has long red hair and looks out directly at the viewer.On View
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