Smithsonian American Art Museum
Seneca Steele, a Great Libertine
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1831
George Catlin described Seneca Steele as having a “hatchet in his hand.” The artist probably took this portrait in Washington, in February 1831. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)
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