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 1⁄2 x 25 3⁄8 in. (77.5 x 64.3 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
Location
Dimensions
30 1⁄2 x 25 3⁄8 in. (77.5 x 64.3 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
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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 (3 items)

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Abstract II (The Pumpkin Queen and Her Kingdom)
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Date1976
felt-tipped pen and ink on paperboard
Not on view
Norman Scott ("Butch") Quinn, Ring-Neck Attacked by a Hawk, ca. 1977, felt-tipped pen and ink on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Frederick Quinn, 1986.24
Ring-Neck Attacked by a Hawk
Artist
Dateca. 1977
felt-tipped pen and ink on paperboard
Not on view
Norman Scott ("Butch") Quinn, Electric Fishes, 1974, felt-tipped pen and ink on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Lowell Marlin and James Alan Hollingsworth, 1986.35.2
Electric Fishes
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Date1974
felt-tipped pen and ink on paperboard
Not on view

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