Rantchewaime, Female Flying Pigeon
Artist
Charles Bird King
(American, 1785 - 1862)
Datec. 1824
Mediumoil on wood
Dimensions17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (44.5 x 34.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1982
Object number31.212.2
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionThe wife of Machaskah, an Iowa ChiefLabel TextWife of Iowa chief White Cloud, this woman visited Washington with an Iowa delegation in 1824, at which time she had her portrait painted by C.B. King.
ProvenanceCharles Bird King [1785-1862]; bequeathed August 2, 1862 to Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island; sold May 21, 1970 (Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York ); purchased through (Kennedy Galleries, New York) by The Warner Collection, Gulf States Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama owned until 1982; purchased December 1, 1982 through (Gerald Peters, Santa Fe, New Mexico) by the Nelda C. and H.J Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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