Bull Thigh

Bull Thigh

In the collection of the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American history and Art (Tulsa, OK).

Portrait of Bull Thigh (Tsis tsis'tas/ Suhtai/ Northern Cheyenne) wearing red shirt and feather hair piece.

Joseph Henry Sharp

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

1897 - 1898

Image and information accessed from Gilcrease Museum webpage. Citation: Sharp, Joseph. Bull Thigh. 0136.506. 1897 - 1898. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0136506 (06/25/2019).

Sharp's inscription: "Time and weather made his skin leathery, but was mild and lovable character. White man beat him up one day, was arrested & taken to Helena for trial- Bull Thigh had to go as witness-first time on a train, first in hotel & etc.- Looking for him in a.m., his bed untouched, but found him under it- rolled up in his blanket asleep. He ate at every chance & plenty of it. When the trial came up he refused to testify- he had such a good time and eats he tho't it was to even up things. Judge discharged man, who shook hands with Bull Thigh, and every one satisfied. A profile painted same time in Paris Exposition of 1900, and reproduced in photo gravure."

Gilcrease accession number: 0136.506

Oil on canvas

Framed: 16 11/16 x 12 3/4 1 3/8 in. (42 x 32 3 1/2 cm)
Canvas: 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (26 x 36 cm)