Cú-sick, Son of the Chief

George Catlin, Cú-sick, Son of the Chief, 1837-1839?, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.271
George Catlin, Cú-sick, Son of the Chief, 1837-1839?, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.271
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Artwork Details

Title
Cú-sick, Son of the Chief
Artist
Date
1837-1839?
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Tuscarora
  • Portrait male — Cu Sick — bust
  • Portrait male — Cu Sick
  • Indian
Object Number
1985.66.271
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.271

Artwork Description

Cú-sick was a member of the Tuscarora tribe, one of the tribes of the confederacy called the Six Nations. George Catlin thought him "a very talented man—has been educated for the pulpit in some one of our public institutions, and is now a Baptist preacher, and I am told a very eloquent speaker." (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 47, 1841; reprint 1973)

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Peter Minchell, THE ENEMY FLED SEEING JUDITH WITH THE HEAD of HOLOFERNES, 1973, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.183
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Dateca. 1972
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