Tsee-moúnt, Great Wonder, Carrying Her Baby in Her Robe

George Catlin, Tsee-moúnt, Great Wonder, Carrying Her Baby in Her Robe, 1832, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1985.66.177
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Artwork Details

Title
Tsee-moúnt, Great Wonder, Carrying Her Baby in Her Robe
Date
1832
Mediums
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — female and child
  • Portrait female — Great Wonder
  • Indian — Cree
Object Number
1985.66.177

Artwork Description

George Catlin described his image of a Plains Cree woman and her baby as a “full length portrait . . . showing fairly the fashion of cutting and ornamenting the dresses of the females in this tribe.” He painted this portrait at Fort Union in the upper Midwest in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 8, 1841; reprint 1973)