Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Juan Buckingham Wandesforde, 1817–1902
Title:
Sioux Chieftain
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and brown ink and pen black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 4 1/8 inches (11.7 × 10.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper right: "Library transfer | from scapbook w | watecolor"; upper left: "Head of Sioux Chieftian | from Life | By Juan B. Wandersforde"; lower right: "759"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Hill Morgan.
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1979.12.820
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | figure study | headdress | costume | Native American | chieftain | Sioux | Sioux Indians | feathers
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19439