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Wah-pón-jee-a, The Swan, a Warrior
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872
The Swan was described by George Catlin as a “fine-looking fellow, with an European countenance.” He probably sat for his portrait at Fort Leavenworth (in today’s Kansas) in 1830. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)
- Date
- 1830
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Department
- SAAM
- Institution
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Object number
- saam_1985.66.249
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.