Há-tchoo-túc-knee,+Snapping+Turtle,+a+Half-breed

Date: 1834
 * [[image:http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=http://americanart.si.edu/images/1985/1985.66.296_1a.jpg&max=460 link="@http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=4381"]] || Title: **Há-tchoo-túc-knee, Snapping Turtle, a Half-breed**

Artist: **George Catlin** Born: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1796 Died: Jersey City, New Jersey 1872

Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Accession: 1985.66.296 ||
 * About the Artwork: **

Like the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole, the Choctaw were farmers, plantation owners, and educated professionals. Snapping Turtle, also known as Peter Pitchlynn, was a graduate of the University of Nashville and George Catlin’s source for “much curious and valuable information, of the history and traditions of his tribe.” Catlin painted his portrait at Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory, in 1834.
 * Exhibition Label: **

Artist George Catlin: Painter Of American Indian Portraits - Wisconsin Public Radio
 * Resources: **

SAAM Collections Page Artist Biography
 * Links: **