Apauly-Tustennuggee

Charles Bird King, Unidentified, Apauly-Tustennuggee, 1825, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.387,322
Unidentified, Charles Bird King, Apauly-Tustennuggee, 1825, oil on canvas, 30 1225 38 in. (77.564.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1985.66.387,322
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Artwork Details

Title
Apauly-Tustennuggee
Artists
Unidentified
Date
1825
Dimensions
30 1225 38 in. (77.564.3 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Creek
  • South American
  • Portrait male — Apauly Tustennuggee
Object Number
1985.66.387,322

Artwork Description

From 1824 to 1830, Thomas McKenney served as US Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC, and during his tenure developed a government collection of portraits of prominent Native Americans who visited the city as delegates of their tribes. McKenney commissioned a well-known Washington portraitist, Charles Bird King, to paint the leaders of about twenty Native American tribes. This painting is a copy of King's portrait of Apauly-Tustennuggee, who was a member of the Creek delegation that challenged the validity of the Treaty of Indian Springs of 1825, which demanded the cession of all Creek lands in the state of Georgia in exchange for cash payments. McKenney described Apauly-Tustennuggee as "a chief and a warrior . . . a firm, brave man–and of good sense." (James D. Horan, The McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery of American Indians, 1972)

Works by this artist (6 items)

Herbert Gentry, Meeting Series "B": Our Lives, 1988, mixed media on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.1, © 1988, Herbert Gentry
Meeting Series B”: Our Lives
Date1988
mixed media on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Our City, 1998, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2006.22.1, © 1998, Herbert Gentry
Our City
Date1998
acrylic on canvas
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, L'Homme Vert, 1993, color etching with metallic additions on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2006.22.2, © 1993, Herbert Gentry
L’Homme Vert
Date1993
color etching with metallic additions on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Ici, 1985, lift ground and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.3, © 1985, Herbert Gentry
Ici
Date1985
lift ground and aquatint on paper
Not on view