Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Shawano (Shawnee Woman, Three Men [including Ten-squa-ta-way, 'the Open Door', Brother of Tecumseh], and Two Children)
Object Number:
1872.23.75
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 75. / Shawano"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "249. 250 248 251"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: also called Shawnee, three males, one being Ten-squa-ta-way, brother of Tecumseh, called the "Shawnee Prophet", holding his "Sacred String of Beads" in one hand and in the other his "Miraclous Fire" brand; the two other males holding a gun and a pipe, one female and 2 children surround the 'Prophet', and all have pierced earlobe modifications and complex ear ornaments
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
