Oil painting

Museum number:
17-5
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.37
Description:
Fire-Bear.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Culture or time period:
Crow
Maker or artist:
Joseph Henry Sharp
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil paintings (visual works)
Accession date:
January 2, 1902
Department:
Drawings and paintings
Dimensions:
height 34.925 centimeters and width 24.13 centimeters
Title:
untitled (Title Subject)
Comment:
Crow. Label "Fire-Bear - Crow. A policeman for twenty years and one of the greatest characters and reliable men on reservation. In last Crow War, rode right into them, shot down medicine man and ring leader, delivered them to the General at Ft. Custer. Many other brave acts. Kindly and jolly, absolutely unflinching in duty. Has a whiskey nose, tho. he has never drank at all." Remains of Devol label. Artist's price $200. Seven white spots - mold? One in a series from life in oil by J. H. Sharp, mainly Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, Sioux, and Rio Grande Pueblo portraits.
Loans:
S1976-1977 #54: Charles M. Russell Museum (March 30, 1977–June 16, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-5, described as Fire-Bear.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-5, described as Fire-Bear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-5, described as Fire-Bear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil painting, accession number 17-5, described as Fire-Bear.

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