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The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowa

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Description: The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowa

TitleThe White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowa

Creator nameCatlin, George

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1844–1845

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions27 15/16 × 22 13/16 in. (71 × 58 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50655.html

Accession number1965.16.347

SubjectsIndians of North America--HistoryEthnologyPortrait painting, American

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2. Landscape, Democracy, Race, 1830–1850

John Davis, Michael Leja

Description: Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources

Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources

American historians refer to the period of the late 1820s to about 1850 as the Jacksonian Era, a way of indicating the importance of the polarizing figure of Andrew Jackson, president from 1829 to 1837, in nearly every aspect of politics, culture, and society in the United States during these years. Jackson was a leader like no other the young nation had seen. The first six presidents had all been...

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John Davis, Michael Leja

PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art

Copyright© 2020, Terra Foundation for American Art

Related print edition pages: pp.60-103

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00199.003

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Chapter subject tags:Artists' writingsUnited States--In artArt--Political aspectsSlavery--United StatesLandscape painting

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