Hayne Hudjihini (Eagle of Delight)

Hayne Hudjihini (Eagle of Delight)

c. 1822
Artist
Charles Bird King, American, 1785-1862
Country
United States, United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on panel
Accession Number
2001.462
Credit Line
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection

Charles Bird King, Eagle of Delight, about 1822. Oil on panel; 17 x 13 in.
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, 2001.462

Dimensions
image height: 17 in, 43.1800 cm; image width: 13 in, 33.0200 cm; frame height: 26.25 in, 66.675 cm; frame width: 22.25 in, 56.515 cm; frame depth: 1.125 in, 2.8575 cm
Inscription
On verso of panel, in ink, "Eagle of Delight / by / Chas. B. King. / Wash City. (?)"
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Estate of Harriet Smith and Thelma Luckey, Phoenix, AZ; (Kennedy Galleries, Inc.), New York, NY; William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen, Golden, CO, 1971; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum
Exhibition History
  • "Colorado Collects Historic Western Art"—Denver Art Museum, Jan 13–April 15, 1973

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