Henry inman paintings
- Henry inman portraits
- Biography.
- Henry Inman, soldier, newspaperman, social historian, author of articles, short stories and books on frontier life, was a man of eccentric habits and various.
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(right: Henry Inman (1801-1846), after Charles Bird King, Yoholo-Micco(Creek), 1832-1833, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Anonymous gift 1984.176. Photography by Mike Cortez, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University)
(above: Henry Inman (1801-1846), after Charles Bird King, Tooan Tuhor Spring Frog (Cherokee), 1832-1833, Oil on canvas, 30 x 34 inches. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Anonymous gift 1984.178)
(above: Thomas L. McKenney (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868), after Charles Bird King and Henry Inman, Major Ridge (Cherokee), ca. 1836-1844, Lithograph bookplate. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Purchase with Charles I. Branan Fund 1984.244)
(above: Thomas L. McKenney (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868), after Charles Bird King and Henry Inman, Detail of Foke-Luste-Hajo(Seminole), ca. 1836-1844, Lithograph bookplate. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Purchase with Charles I. Branan Fund 1984.240)
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My last post ended up containing several musings on the nature of primary-source research and how to acknowledge mistakes and deal with uncertainty in the historical record. This was in anticipation of having to write this post. It’s a post I’ve been putting off for years.
Amorin forced the issue with his important work on the speeches at the 1842 Treaty negotiations. While working on it, he sent me a message that read something like, “Hey, the article quotes Chief Buffalo and describes him in a blue military coat with epaulets. Is the world ready for that picture that Smithsonian guy sent us years ago?”
This was the image in question:
Henry Inman, Big Buffalo (Chippewa), 1832-1833, oil on canvas, frame: 39 in. × 34 in. × 2 1/4 in. (99.1 × 86.4 × 5.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gerald and Kathleen Peters, 2019.12.2
We first learned of this image from a Chequamegon History comment by Patrick Jackson of the Smithsonian asking what we knew about the image and whether or not it was Chief Buffalo from La Pointe.
We had never seen it before. American military figure and writer Henry Inman (July 30, 1837 – November 13, 1899) was an American soldier, frontiersman, and author. He served the military during the Indian campaigns and the American Civil War, having earned distinction for gallantry on the battlefield. He was commissioned lieutenant general during the Indian wars. He settled in Kansas and worked as a journalist and author of short stories and books of the plains and western frontier. He was a friend and associate of Buffalo Bill and served under General Custer. Inman was born in New York City on July 30, 1837.[1][a] His parents were Henry Inman, an artist and president of the National Academy of Design,[3] and Janet Riker (née O'Brien) Inman.[2] His brother, John O'Brien Inman, was also an artist.[3] Henry Inman was educated in public schools in Brooklyn, New York.[4] His father died when he was a child and he was raised by his mother in Hempstead on Long Island for about five ye
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Henry Inman (U.S. Army officer and author)
Early life
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