This is one of probably two portraits Sharp made of this Blackfeet man. One was exhibited at the St. Botolph Club in Boston in early 1903. (See related image, #370) According to Sharp's notes in his catalogue for the 1949 retrospective exhibition in Tulsa, John Ground was a "noted chief and counselor."

John Ground - Blackfoot; [Chief John Ground]

Record ID: 544

Date: 1903-1905

Medium: oil

Owner: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

Accession Number: 0137.487

Provenance: The artist; [?]; present owner by gift

Created concurrently with Peter Hassrick's 2018 Whitney West publication The Life & Art of Joseph Henry Sharp, this online catalogue highlights more than 700 works by J.H. Sharp that are held in public collections.

John Ground - Blackfoot; [Chief John Ground]

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John Ground, Blackfoot; [John Ground] (1902)

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