Terrekitauahu (Generous Chief or the Giver) [graphic] : a Loup Pawnee chief who prevented his nation burning a female captive in 1819, 1822.

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Terrekitauahu (Generous Chief or the Giver) [graphic] : a Loup Pawnee chief who prevented his nation burning a female captive in 1819, 1822.

Oil portrait on wood of Petalesharo painted in Washington in 1822 by Charles Bird King.

1 painting on wood : oil ; 45 x 35 cm.

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Newberry Library

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Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Art Collection (Newberry Library)

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King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862

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Artist noted for his Indian portraits. Trained at the Royal Academy by Benjamin West, King in 1819 opened a studio in Washington, D.C. During 1821-1822 he began to paint portraits of visiting Indians for Thomas McKenney, superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. One of these first portraits was of Petalesharo (called Terrekitauahu by King), a Loup Pawnee chief who was visiting Washington as part of an Indian delegation led by Indian agent Benjamin O'Fallon. ...

Petalesharo, Pawnee chief, ca. 1796-ca. 1832

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