Chee-me-náh-na-quet, Great Cloud, son of Grizzly Bear

George Catlin, Chee-me-náh-na-quet, Great Cloud, son of Grizzly Bear, 1831, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.220
George Catlin, Chee-me-náh-na-quet, Great Cloud, son of Grizzly Bear, 1831, oil on canvas, 21 1816 12 in. (53.642.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.220
Free to use

Artwork Details

Title
Chee-me-náh-na-quet, Great Cloud, son of Grizzly Bear
Date
1831
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
21 1816 12 in. (53.642.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Menominee
  • Portrait male — Great Cloud
Object Number
1985.66.220

Artwork Description

George Catlin remembered this man as “an ill-natured and insolent fellow who has since been killed for some of his murderous deeds.” Great Cloud probably sat for this portrait in Washington, D.C., in January 1831. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 52, 1841; reprint 1973)

Works by this artist (4 items)

James Surls, Black and White Tipped Flower, 1982, burnt white oak, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift in honor of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin from her friends, 1986.52
Black and White Tipped Flower
Date1982
burnt white oak
On view
James Surls, Sea Flower, drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1977.47.77
Sea Flower
drawing
Not on view
James Surls, Me, the Axe, and the Wand, 1982, pine, mahogany, oak, hickory and rattan, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Barbara and Donald Zale in honor of George and Julie Tobolowsky and James and Charmaine Surls, 2005.27A-D, © 1982, James Surls
Me, the Axe, and the Wand
Date1982
pine, mahogany, oak, hickory and rattan
Not on view
James Surls, Sea Flower, 1978, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1977.47.76
Sea Flower
Date1978
pencil on paper
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

Emily Clayton Bishop, Bacchic Dancer, 1909, cast bronze mounted on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Miss Beatrice Fenton and Miss Marjorie D. Martinet, 1976.127.3
Bacchic Dancer
Date1909
cast bronze mounted on wood
Not on view
Selma Burke, Untitled (Woman and Child), ca. 1950, painted red oak, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John A. Sakal and Terry L. Bengel in honor of Dr. Paul Albert Chew, Founding Director of the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 2004.20
Untitled (Woman and Child)
Dateca. 1950
painted red oak
Not on view