Wat-ál-le-go, a Brave

George Catlin, Wat-ál-le-go, a Brave, 1834, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.290
George Catlin, Wat-ál-le-go, a 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., 1985.66.290
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Artwork Details

Title
Wat-ál-le-go, a 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 — Creek
  • Portrait male — Wat Al Le Go
Object Number
1985.66.290
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.290

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 painted portraits of Creek/Muskogee braves at Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory, in 1834. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 1, 1841; reprint 1973)

Works by this artist (1 item)

Rachel David, To One End, 2023, steel, brass, and bronze with selenite, patina, and wax, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase through the Windgate Foundation Living Artists Acquisitions Fund, 2024.16
To One End
Artist
Date2023
steel, brass, and bronze with selenite, patina, and wax
Not on view