Ni-cÃ¯Â¿Â½_-man, The Answer, Second Chief, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Ni-cÃ¯Â¿Â½_-man, The Answer, Second Chief

The Answer was a chief of the Delaware/Lenape tribe, and George Catlin probably painted his portrait in 1830 at Fort Leavenworth (in today’s Kansas), where the artist created his first portraits of Indians in the West. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 47, 1841; reprint 1973

George Catlin

Creation Date: 1830
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)

Object #: 3871
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

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