In-ca-tash-a-pa (Red Elk) Snake Warrior

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  • This painting is possibly a field work used as a study for the Walters' watercolor of the same name (CR# 296).

    Karen McWhorter

    Artist
    Alfred Jacob Miller
    Date
    ca. 1837 -- 1838
    Catalogue Number
    296A
    Medium
    Oil on paper (oval)
    Inscriptions

    LR: illeg. [In-ca-tash-a-pa] (Red Elk) Snake Warrior ?]. LR on mount: In-ca-tash-a-pa (Red Elk) Snake Warrior / No 88 / 36  

    Dimensions
    7 5/8 x 9 1/4 (19.5 x 23.0cm)
    Accession Number
    WA MSS 341
    Subjects
    Indians, Snake Indians

    The artist; by descent to Louisa Whyte Norton; [Old Print Shop, New York, NY, 1947]; [Edward Eberstadt and sons, New York, NY, 1947]; [?] present owner

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