Hard Hickory, an Amiable Man

Oil portrait on canvas of a man with dark hair, wearing a blue patterned headwrap, white feathers at the left and a large black feather at the right. He wears a white open-necked shirt, a red sash with a ring-shaped clasp, and silver earrings, set against a warm brown background.

Artist

George Catlin

Date

1831

Medium

oil on canvas

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

1719 × 2240 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum