Ish-a-ró-yeh, He Who Carries a Wolf, a Distinguished Brave

George Catlin, Ish-a-ró-yeh, He Who Carries a Wolf, a Distinguished Brave, 1834, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.48
Copied George Catlin, Ish-a-ró-yeh, He Who Carries a Wolf, a Distinguished Brave, 1834, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.48
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Artwork Details

Title
Ish-a-ró-yeh, He Who Carries a Wolf, a Distinguished Brave
Artist
Date
1834
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 — Comanche
  • Portrait male — He Who Carries A Wolf
Object Number
1985.66.48
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.48

Artwork Description

George Catlin painted He Who Carries a Wolf at the Comanche village in 1834. Ish-a-ró-yeh was a man of some standing in the tribe who, Catlin later wrote, “piloted the dragoons to the Camanchee village, and received a handsome rifle from Colonel Dodge for so doing.” He was named “from the circumstance of his carrying a medicine-bag made of the skin of a wolf; he holds a whip in his hand.” (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition; Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)