Portrait of Black Hawk
- Image
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- Created Date
- Late 19th C.
- Description
Half-length turned slightly right; wearing buckskin shirt with fringed collar; red blanket draped over left shoulder and arm; beads and a miniature portrait on a black ribbin around neck; wide walnut frame with inner red and gold liners
- Creator
Henderson, Homer (artist)
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 (artist)
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Visual works (works)
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Black Hawk, Sauk chief, 1767-1838
Indigenous peoples of North America
Portraits - Location
- United States
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Unframed Height: (36.125 in)Unframed Width: (30 in)Oil paint (paint)CanvasPainting (image-making)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- No known copyright restrictions.
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- Chicago citation style
- Henderson, Homer (artist), King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 (artist). Portrait of Black Hawk. Late 19th C. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2135. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Henderson, Homer (artist), King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 (artist), (Late 19th C) Portrait of Black Hawk. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2135
- MLA citation style
- Henderson, Homer (artist), King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 (artist). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/2135>.