Wah-pe-kée-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk

George Catlin, Wah-pe-kée-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk, 1832, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.7
George Catlin, Wah-pe-kée-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk, 1832, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.7
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Artwork Details

Title
Wah-pe-kée-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk
Artist
Date
1832
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 — Sauk and Fox
  • Portrait male — White Cloud
Object Number
1985.66.7
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.7

Artwork Description

“Wah-pe-kee-suck (the white cloud), called ‘the Prophet,’ is a very distinguished man, and one of the principal and leading men of the Black Hawk party, and studying favour with the whites, as will be seen by the manner in which he was allowing his hair to grow out.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 56, 1841; reprint 1973)

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George Constant, Fisher's Island, 1938, drypoint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.70
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George Constant, Concord Grapes, 1937, drypoint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.71
Concord Grapes
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Date1937
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