The Chief of the Little Osages
Pavel Petrovich Svinin|Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1811–ca. 1813 · Watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper · The American Wing
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.
- Artist
- Pavel Petrovich Svinin|Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
- Date
- 1811–ca. 1813
- Medium
- Watercolor and black chalk on off-white wove paper
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1942
