Name/Title
LITHOGRAPHEntry/Object ID
143/269Description
Seminole Chief, Arthur Schott, Artist . Color lithograph titled: Noco-Shimatt-Tash-Tanaki, Grizzly Bear, Seminole Chief. Depicts the chief in cotton tunic with full shirt of European cloth, a vest, leggings tied at the knees with decorative sides. He wears an open cloth turban on his head and has tied a cloth bandana around his neck. He is holding a long rifle. Lithograph by Sarony, Major, and Knapp, New York. c. 1851
Arthur Schott (1814-1875), a German schooled at the Royal Gardens in Stuttgart and Institute of Agriculture in Hohenstein, was hired by the United States Boundary Commission in 1851, working with William H. Emory survey the boundary between Texas and west to Yuma. Schott did over 200 drawings, with 25 watercolors.
Lithographs and engravings based on Schott's Texas drawings were published in Emory's official report, most notably those of Seminole, Lipan Apache, and Kiowa Indians, the Military Plaza in San Antonio, Mexican military colony of Piedras Negras, and falls of the Rio Grande.Artwork Details
Subject Person or Organization
Noco-Shimatt-Tash-TanakiCollection
Harry L. George CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Seminole Chief Grizzly Bear, Native American, Indian, SeminoleDimensions
Width
9-1/2 inLength
5-1/4 in