Cheyenne warrior and son of Cheyenne chief Eagle Head. He was imprisoned from 1875 to 1878 at Fort Marion, Saint Augustine, Florida, with other "hostile" Plains Indians. Their jailer, Captain Richard H. Pratt, encouraged the artistic talent of the Indians
Alternative Title:
Howling Wolf, Sketchbook
Description:
The note, "Drawn by Howling Wolf (Cheyenne) Oct 1876 Fort Marion" is written in pencil inside the front cover in an unidentified hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting., Bison, Cheyenne art., Cheyenne Indians., Horses., Indian art., and Rites and ceremonies.
Page 203. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written in ink along right edge of sheet., Date of production inferred from other drawings in the album by the same artist, all of which are dated 1776., and Tipped in as page 203 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Inscribed on overleaf: The idea & conception came to me 13 days after Hiroshima. Elodie, returning from MOMA, having worked all day, said I would have to stylize the skull & get away from a more realistic depiction, & she even drew as I recall, a simple drawing from which I preserved this set.
James D. Hutton collection of drawings and photographs.
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 27
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Four salted paper prints made during the Raynolds expedition of 1859-1860 depicting Laramie Hills with tipis in the foreground; a fort, possibly Fort Union; two sets of group portraits of Arapahos, one of them of Arapaho chiefs Eagle Head, Split-nose, Little Owl, and Friday. There are 17 drawings by Hutton, 11 of them of western views, most probably made during the Raynolds expedition, depicting Fort Sarpy on the Yellowstone; Eagle Creek on the upper Missouri River; the valley of Wind River; Red Canon Creek, Big Horn Mountains; and Lodge Pole Peak and Crow Peak in the Black Hills. There are nine other drawings present, six by three other identified artists: R. W. Ingle, W. Taylor, Jr., and William Rich Hutton, James' brother. The drawing by William Rich Hutton is a view of San Francisco. Accompanied by a document made out to Miss Ellen S. Hutton in thanks for her work as church organist.
Description:
Accompanied by a container list., James D. Hutton headed the photographic unit of the 1856-1860 expedition led by Captain William Franklin Raynolds to the Yellowstone and the Wind River Mountains., See also Hutton photographs in the William Franklin Raynolds Papers, WA MSS 393., and Verso is blank.