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Charles Bird King

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Jack-o-pa (The Six)

1827

Hand-colored portrait of Yoholo-Micco, a Creek chief, wearing a patterned white coat, striped sash, and striped headwrap.

Portrait of Yoholo-Micco (c.1790-c.1844)

1836

Half-length portrait of a man in a feathered beaded headband, red blanket and pink shirt, holding a decorated pipe.

No Heart (Nan-che-ning-ga)

1837

Apauly-Tustennuggee

1820

Oil portrait of a woman with braided hair, beaded earrings and necklaces, in an orange dress with a white fur wrap.

Little Eagle, "Wad-ben-de-ba"

1820

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, beaded necklaces and fur robe, set against a cloudy sky.

Petelesharro (Generous Chief)

1820

Oil portrait of a bare-chested man with a black neckband and brass crescent pendant, wrapped in a white blanket, against dark

Co-sne-boin

1820

Jack-o-pa (The Six)

1820

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat seated at a desk with letters, quill and inkwell.

Joshua Johnson

1800

Oil portrait of a Native American man in a feathered striped headband, red blanket, and beaded jewelry, holding a pipe stem.

No Heart (Nan-che-ning-ga)

1830

Seated woman in white gown with feathered headpiece playing a gilded harp, red drapery and river landscape behind her.

Mrs. John Quincy Adams

1820

Oil portrait of a young woman with braided hair holding a red parrot beside a birdcage, against a brown background.

Miss Satterlee

1830

Hand-colored portrait of a standing Native American man in feathered headdress and fringed robe, holding a rifle.

Wa-na-ta

1830

Oil portrait of a man in a dark naval uniform with gold braid and epaulette, white cravat, against a brown background.

Stephen Decatur

1810

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat, seated before a brown background.

Louis McLane

1810

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a dark double-breasted coat and white cravat, seated before a red chair.

John Caldwell Calhoun

1810

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark double-breasted coat, white cravat, and red chair, against an olive background

John C. Calhoun

1810

Thomas Jefferson

1830

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a quill pen over paper at a green-draped table.

Possibly Jonathan Elliot

1810

Painting of a woman in a white gown with two children, one standing on a red sofa, against a dark background.

Sarah Weston Seaton with her Children Augustine and Julia

1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and headband, hand raised to her cheek, beside a book on a table.

Mrs. Joshua Johnson

1800

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat holding a handwritten letter, with a quill pen and inkstand on a red-draped table.

Henry Clay

1821

Half-length portrait of a woman in a red blouse, beaded necklaces and earrings, with a white fur wrap against a brown backgro

Hayne Hudjihini (Eagle of Delight), Oto

1822

Monchousia (White Plume), Kansa

1822

Oil portrait of a Pawnee man in a feathered headdress, beaded necklaces, and fur-trimmed robe against a dark background.

Petalesharro (Generous Chief), Pawnee

1822

Oil portrait of a Pawnee man with a red roach headdress, beaded necklaces and fur mantle against a blue cloudy sky.

Sharitarish (Wicked Chief), Pawnee

1822

Oil portrait of a man in a navy uniform with gold braid and epaulette, wearing a white cravat against a brown background.

Stephen Decatur

1815

Oil portrait of an Oto man in a striped headwrap, beaded necklaces and fur robe against a dark background.

Shaumonekusse (Prairie Wolf), Oto

1822

Oil portrait of a man in a dark double-breasted coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat, seated against a dark background.

Louis McLane

1815

Half-length portrait of an older man in a dark coat, red neckerchief and oval medal against a pale background.

Sagoyewatha (known as "Red Jacket")

1828

Trompe l'oeil still life of a plaster bust, books, palette and papers in a wooden frame, by Charles Bird King.

The Vanity of the Artist's Dream

1830