Native American Portraits

A collection of historic oil paintings depicting Native American individuals in traditional attire, showcasing their cultural significance and artistry from the 1830s.

Wán-ee-ton, Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Hose-put-o-káw-gee, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Cler-mónt, First Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Clermont.

Ah-yaw-ne-tak-oár-ron, a Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1831. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ah Yaw Ne Tah Car Ron.

Seehk-hée-da, Mouse-colored Feather, a Noted Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Máh-to-tóh-pa, Four Bears, Second Chief, in Full Dress. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wa-másh-ee-sheek, He Who Takes Away; Wa-chésh-uk, War; Mink-chésk, Three Distinguished Young Men. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wán-ee-ton, Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Sky-se-ró-ka, Second Chief of the Tribe. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Pah-ta-cóo-chee, Shooting Cedar, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wáh-pa-ko-lás-kuk, Bear's Track. oil on canvas. Date: 1835. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

George Catlin, Three Young Chinook Men, 1855 1869 Three Young Chinook Men

Wash-ka-mon-ya, Fast Dancer, a Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1844-1845. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Tchow-ee-pút-o-kaw, a Woman. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Portrait of the Boy Chief-Ojibbeway by George Catlin (1796-1872) an American painter, author and traveller. Dated 19th Century

Four Xingu Indians. Dated: 1854/1869. Dimensions: overall: 45.8 x 60.5 cm (18 1/16 x 23 13/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Monchousia, Kaw Chief, illustration

Native American in headdress with horns, buckskin shirt, holding bow and arrow. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842.

O-rón-gás-see, Bear-catcher, a Celebrated Warrior. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Sewessissing, Chief of the Iowa native North Americans. From Georges Cuvier 'The Animal Kingdom', London,1837. Hand-coloured engraving.

Weeco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.1 x 63.6 cm (18 9/16 x 25 1/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Háh-je-day-ah'-shee, Meeting Birds, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1835-1836. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Múk-a-tah-mish-o-káh-kaik, Black Hawk, Prominent Sac Chief. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Chon-Mon-I-Case. An Otto Half Chief ca. 1837-1844, Indianer, Historische Indianerstämme aus Nordamerika, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Crow Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 62.1 cm (18 1/4 x 24 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Flies Above, North American Chief, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1888 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers" series (N189), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1888 by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. Flies Above, North American Chief, from the Savage and Semi-Barbarous Chiefs and Rulers series (N189) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.5 x 63.9 cm (18 11/16 x 25 3/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

An Aged Ojibbeway Chief and Three Warriors. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.4 x 63 cm (18 11/16 x 24 13/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Sioux chief Ha-won-je-tah, One Horn, of the Mee-ne-cow-e-gee band, named for a single shell hanging from his neck. In a robe of elk skins fringed with porcupine quills and scalp-locks. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

Four Fuegian Indians. Dated: 1856/1869. Dimensions: overall: 45.2 x 60.4 cm (17 13/16 x 23 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Wolf - Apsaroke. Edward S. Curtis; American, 1868-1952. Date: 1908. Dimensions: 40.1 x 29.9 cm (image/paper); 55.8 x 45 cm (mount). Photogravure, plate 142 from "The North American Indian, Volume 4" (1909). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Edward S. Curtis.

George Catlin, Three Cheyenne Warriors, 1861 1869 Three Cheyenne Warriors

Hól-te-mál-te-téz-te-néek-ee, Sam Perryman. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Mi-néek-ee-súnk-te-ka, Mink, a Beautiful Girl. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

George Catlin, Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy, 1861 1869 Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

War Dance, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. War Dance, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Wi-Jun-Jon, An Assinneboin Chief, pl. 25 from the North American IndianPortfolio. After: George Catlin, American, 1796-1872

Noble Namaqua man of South Africa. He wears a fur cape and codpiece, and holds a spear. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

Nayas Indians. Dated: 1862?. Dimensions: overall: 46.7 x 62.8 cm (18 3/8 x 24 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

INDIO CAMUCHIZO DEL RIO NAPO. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

George Catlin, Yntah Medicine Man, a Warrior, and a Woman, 1855 1869 Yntah Medicine Man, a Warrior, and a Woman

Wife of Two Crows. oil on canvas. Date: 1832. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Plate 86. Naturels de Pao et de Lebouka by Émile Lassalle (1813-1871) a French painter and lithographer. Dated 19th Century

Wat-ál-le-go, a Brave. oil on canvas. Date: 1834. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Wadt-He-Doo-Kaana, Chief of the Winnebagoes James Otto Lewis (American, 1799 - 1858). , issued November 1835. Lithograph with watercolor on paper, Sheet: 11 11/16 x 9 11/16 in. (29.7 x 24.6 cm). American Art issued November 1835

Seminole boy Os-ce-o-la Nick-a-no-chee 303 and woman 304. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841.

Khoikhoi or Gonaqua woman with a child at the breast, draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon, (attributed to), Oct-1777 - Mar-1786, paper, brush, pen, h 660 mm × w 480 mm, h 295 mm × w 187 mm, h 282 mm × w 170 mm

Puncah Chief Surrounded by His Family. Dated: 1861/1869. Dimensions: overall: 47.3 x 63.2 cm (18 5/8 x 24 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Kleidung der Westasiaten im Altertum, Norden, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Illustration dem 19. Jahrhundert, von links, Beduinen, nomadische...

Maori warrior of Souraki (Hauraki Gulf), North Island, New Zealand. He has face tattoos or Ta moko, wears a striped cloak and holds a broad-bladed paddle. Guerrier de Souraki ou Chouraki. Adapted from an illustration by Louis Auguste de Sainson in Dumont dUrvilles Voyage de la corvette lAstrolabe. Handcoloured woodcut by Pannemaker after de Sainson from Auguste Wahlen's Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, (Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World) Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845.

The Last of His Race (The VanishingAmerican). Artist: Frederic Remington, American, 1861-1909, B.F.A. (HON.) 1900

The Chief of the Little Osages 1811-ca. 1813 Pavel Petrovich Svinin Russian This portrait is a copy after Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémins "Chief of the Little Osages" (1804-7; New-York Historical Society). Svinin reproduced the details of the sitters beaded wampum ear-drops, silver ear rim bands, shaved scalp, and dyed lock of hair while adding a nose ring and intricate facial tattooing.. The Chief of the Little Osages. Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787/88-1839). American. 1811-ca. 1813. Watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper

Three Blackfoot Men. Dated: 1855/1869. Dimensions: overall: 46.1 x 62 cm (18 1/8 x 24 7/16 in.). Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Catlin.

Wakechai, Crouching Eagle, Sauk and Fox Chief who Signed Treaty with United States, 1824, Painting by Charles King Bird, circa 1824

Ne-sho-da-si-di-ta-ri-ku (the admired chief)

WIMAR, Carl (1828-1862). The lost trail. ca. 1856. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art.

The Kingdom of Dahomey (Benin). Amazonas, warriors and soldiers. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal' (1892). Engraving.

Chapo Indian. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1890-1892. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Killigrant. Date/Period: Ca. 1820. Watercolour. Watercolour, pen & ink on paper. Height: 28.20 mm (1.11 in); Width: 22.20 mm (0.87 in). Author: RICHARD BROWNE.

Monchousia (White Plume), Kansa 1822, King, Charles Bird, 1822.

A tiki at Raroera Pā. Vintage Illustration of New Zealand from "The New Zealanders illustrated", George French Angas, 1840s

Aú-nah-kwet-to-hau-páy-o, One Sitting in the Clouds, a Boy. oil on canvas. Date: 1831. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Portrait of a Young Man (Seminole Indian). oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1841-1845. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

BASHI-BAZOUK, by Jean-Leon Gerome, 1868-69, French painting, oil on canvas. The Turkish title translates as 'headless' and refers to the mercenary soldiers who fought for plunder under the Ottoman Turks. This detailed and lifelike portrait was painted of an African model in Gerome's Paris studio dressed in textiles the artist brought back from his expedition to the Near East in 1868 (BSLOC_2017_9_77)

George Catlin, Camanchee Chief with Three Warriors, 1861 1869 Camanchee Chief with Three Warriors

In the Lodges of the Blackfeet Indians. After a work by American artist Frederic Sackrider Remington, 1861 - 1909. A montage of sketches reflecting Blackfeet Indian society.

Tomo Chachi Mico, or King of Yamacraw, and Tooanahowi sic, His Nephew, Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695-1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, after William Verelst, 1704-1752, British, ca. 1734, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (35.8 × 25.7 cm) and Image: 12 11/16 x 9 3/4 inches (32.2 x 24.8 cm), boy, eagle, fur, king (person), man, mantle, Native American, natives, nephew, portrait, tattoo, uncle

Australian Man. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1893. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Le Soldat du Chene, to Osage Chief 1838, Indian, historical Indian tribes from North America, Charles Bird King 1785 - 1862, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

The Ancient Arapaho. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Cashivo Woman. oil on canvas. Date: ca. 1890-1892. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Head of a San (Housouana) woman of South Africa, with beads in her hair, earrings and necklaces. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

Native Americans, North Western Frontier, 1841.Artist: Myers and Co

Good Indians. Mexico. 1763. Colonial painting. 18th century. Madrid, Museum of America. Author: MIGUEL CABRERA (1695-1768). Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Watercolour - Four Aboriginal men

Squaw With Papoose (From "Hawgone (Silver Horn)" c.1880 Illustration Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Central Africa. Indigenous. Engraving. Africa inexplorada, el Continente Misterioso by Henry Morton Stanley, c. 1887. Later colouration.

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