- Artist
- Joseph Henry Sharp
- Date
- ca. 1903; [1898]
- Catalogue Number
- 479
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Inscriptions
LL: J.H.SHARP.
Inscribed on paper attached to dust cover: Old Coyote Cheyenne - 1898 Lame Deer, Mont.
Penciled on dust cover: 1898 Old Coyote, Cheyenne Custer Battle, and many others - Has his old war paint on for the portrait - Imprint of hand on shirt represents blood of enemy, or power.
- Dimensions
- 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.
- Credit Line
- Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK. Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955.
- Accession Number
- 0137.428
- Subjects
-
Cheyenne,
portrait,
war
The artist; [?]; Dr. Philip G. Cole, Tarrytown, NY; Thomas Gilcrease, Tulsa, OK, 1947; The Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, Tulsa, OK; present owner by gift 1955
Sharp did not arrive among the Cheyenne until 1899 and, given the signature style, this work probably dates from 1903 or after.
