Co-ee-há-jo, a Chief
1838
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 73.7 × 60.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-135965
In January 1838, George Catlin traveled to Fort Moultrie, near Charleston, South Carolina, to paint the portraits of chiefs and warriors who were imprisoned for their involvement in the Seminole War. Among them was Seminole chief Co-ee-há-jo, and the war’s celebrated leader, Osceola. To gain access to the men required the intervention of the secretary of war, who ordered the fort’s commanding off…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1838 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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