Portrait of Young Keokuk, Sauk and Fox
Exhibition TitlePortrait of Young Keokuk, Sauk and Fox tribe, Central Plains
Artist
Thomas Martin Easterly
(American, 1809 - 1882)
Date1847
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 5 7/8 × 9 1/4 × 3/8 inches (14.91 × 23.5 × 0.94 cm)
Case (closed): 5 7/8 × 4 5/8 × 3/4 inches (14.91 × 11.76 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 5 7/8 × 9 1/4 × 3/8 inches (14.91 × 23.5 × 0.94 cm)
Case (closed): 5 7/8 × 4 5/8 × 3/4 inches (14.91 × 11.76 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.7
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionHand painted portrait of Plains Indian with a painted face, small feathered headdress, and medallions around his neck; he's holding arrows in his hands. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with a red velvet liner inside of a leather-covered case with a floral motif.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
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Nikkanochee, Prince of Econchatti, A Young Seminole Indian, Son of Econchattimico, King of Red Hills
Frank W. Wilkin
1841
33-12/2 A
