Sháw-da-mon-nee, There He Goes, a Brave

George Catlin, Sháw-da-mon-nee, There He Goes, a Brave, 1832, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.115
George Catlin, Sháw-da-mon-nee, There He Goes, a Brave, 1832, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.115
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Artwork Details

Title
Sháw-da-mon-nee, There He Goes, a Brave
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
  • Portrait male — There He Goes
  • Indian — Omaha
Object Number
1985.66.115
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.115

Artwork Description

“I have visited forty-eight different tribes, the greater part of which I found speaking different languages, and containing in all 400,000 souls. I have brought home safe, and in good order, 310 portraits in oil, all painted in their native dress, and in their own wigwams . . . as well as a very extensive and curious collection of their costumes, and all their other manufactures, from the size of a wigwam down to the size of a quill or a rattle.” George Catlin probably painted Omaha brave There He Goes at Fort Leavenworth (in today’s Kansas) in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 1, 1841; reprint 1973)

Works by this artist (2 items)

Max Waldman, Colin Blakely in the Title Role of Titus Andronicus, 1972, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1602, ©1972, Max Waldman
Colin Blakely in the Title Role of Titus Andronicus
Artist
Date1972
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Max Waldman, Colin Blakely in the Title Role of Titus Andronicus, 1972, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1601, ©1972, Max Waldman
Colin Blakely in the Title Role of Titus Andronicus
Artist
Date1972
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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