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A Mandan Chief: Máh-to-tóh-pa (The Four Bears)
Artist
John Caspar Wild
(American, b. Switzerland, 1804 - 1846)
Date1843
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall Inches: image: 7 1/8 x 4 15/16 inches, border: 7 1/4 x 5 1/16 inches, sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 1/4 inches; Overall Centimeters: image: 18.1 x 12.5 cm, border: 18.4 x 12.8 cm, sheet: 20.1 x 13.3 cm
Credit LineThe John Driscoll American Drawings Collection
Object number2018.212
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameDrawing
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedverso, bottom left: C Wild. / June 1843
Inscribedverso top right: Plate 6 / Page 7; verso bottom right: Mantotohpa, (the four bears) / A Mandan Chief.
Exhibition HistoryDrawing on a Legacy: Highlights from the John Driscoll American Drawing Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, January 21 - August 9, 2020