Collection Highlights
Salver
Date:
1772-1773
Object Number:
1928.24
Medium:
Silver
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Unidentified Chief of the Little Osage
Object Number:
1860.93
Date:
1804
Medium:
Charcoal with stumping, black pastel, black and white chalk, Conté crayon over graphite on pink prepared paper, nailed over canvas to a wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. ( 57.8 x 42.5 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Indien chef / des petits osages."; at lower right: "indien Chef / des petits osages"
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Elizabeth DeMilt Fund
Provenance:
Artist's family; purchased from Elias Dexter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
