George catlin painted seminole chief king phillip at fort moultrie, near charleston, south carolina, in january 1838. Catlin described him as a “very aged chief, who has been a man of great notoriety and distinction in his time. ” (catlin, letters and notes, vol. 2, no. 57, 1841; reprint 1973). Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: January 1838. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Ee-mat-la. Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Ee-mat-la
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