Ee-mat-lá‑, King Phillip, Second Chief

George Catlin, Ee-mat-lá-, King Phillip, Second Chief, 1838, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.302
George Catlin, Ee-mat-lá-, King Phillip, Second Chief, 1838, oil on canvas, 2924 in. (73.760.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.302
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Artwork Details

Title
Ee-mat-lá‑, King Phillip, Second Chief
Date
1838
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2924 in. (73.760.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Seminole
  • Portrait male — King Phillip
Object Number
1985.66.302

Artwork Description

George Catlin painted Seminole chief King Phillip at Fort Moultrie, near Charleston, South Carolina, in January 1838. Catlin described him as a “very aged chief, who has been a man of great notoriety and distinction in his time.” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 57, 1841; reprint 1973)

Works by this artist (3 items)

Masami Teraoka, Tale of 1000 Condoms/Geisha and Skeleton, 1989, watercolor and sumi-e ink on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1996.105, © 1989, Masami Teraoka
Tale of 1000 Condoms/​Geisha and Skeleton
Date1989
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Not on view
Masami Teraoka, Oiran and Mirror, from the AIDS Series, 1988, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Mrs. Eugene Vail, Martha L. Loomis, Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart and Mrs. E. N. Vanderpoel, 1990.28, © 1988, Masami Teraoka
Oiran and Mirror, from the AIDS Series
Date1988
watercolor on paper
Not on view

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