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| The Chief of the Little Osages |
Artist:Pavel Petrovich Svinin (1787/88–1839)
Artist: After Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770–1852)
Date:1811–ca. 1813
Culture:American
Medium:Watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
Dimensions:8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (21 x 15.9 cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1942
This portrait is a copy after Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin’s "Chief of the Little Osages" (1804–7; New-York Historical Society). Svinin reproduced the details of the sitter’s beaded wampum ear-drops, silver ear rim bands, shaved scalp, and dyed lock of hair while adding a nose ring and intricate facial tattooing.
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