Chief of the Foxes
Artist
Henry Inman
(born Utica, New York, 1801; died New York, New York, 1846)
Datecirca 1832
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage Overall: 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Sight: 29 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (74.3 × 61.6 cm)
Frame: 38 3/4 × 33 3/4 × 2 in. (98.4 × 85.7 × 5.1 cm)
Sight: 29 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (74.3 × 61.6 cm)
Frame: 38 3/4 × 33 3/4 × 2 in. (98.4 × 85.7 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineTacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Object number2015.29.7
DescriptionHalf length portrait of the Chief of the Foxes. A man in 3/4 profile turned to his right, wears a red fox skin headpiece ornamented with green leaves, a bear claw, and a small medallion. The figure also wears a bear claw choker and a necklace with a silver metal pendant, as well as silver cuffs on his upper arms. The background is a loosely painted landscape with a blue sky.On View
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