Tshanny, a Choctaw Man

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Tshanny, a Choctaw Man

Date

January 18, 1833

Dimensions

8 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (22.2 × 16.2 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.331

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

At the time of Bodmer's visit to New Orleans, the Choctaws had only recently signed treaties with the government agreeing to exchange ancestral holdings east of the Mississippi for land north of the Red River in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Not all tribesmen affected by these provisions chose to migrate westward, and scattered groups remained behind to eke out an uncertain existence in the settlements along the Mississippi. Such a one was Tshanny, a Choctaw painted by Bodmer at New Orleans. The watercolor is dated January 18.

References in Journal

February 15, 1833

Labels:

New Orleans, Louisiana , Choctaw , portrait

Approximate Depicted Location:

New Orleans, Louisiana