Wá-nah-de-túnk-ah, Big Eagle (or Black Dog), Chief of the O-hah-kas-ka-toh-y-an-te Band, George Catlin

Wá-nah-de-túnk-ah, Big Eagle (or Black Dog), Chief of the O-hah-kas-ka-toh-y-an-te Band

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1835
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 73.7 × 60.9 cm
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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