Little Nest was one of Custer's scouts. In a note supplied to Frank Phillips at the time of the sale of this canvas in 1939, Sharp praised such men for their braveness, "smartness and reliability." (Woolaroc archives)

Little Nest had at least two sittings with Sharp. Another portrait of him, dating from about the same time, is in the Gilcrease Museum collection. (see related image, #418)

Little Nest - Crow

Record ID: 549

Date: 1906

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12 x 17 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.HSARP. 06.

Owner: Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve, Bartlesville, OK

Accession Number: GRA-75

Provenance:

The artist; Frank Phillips, Bartlesville, OK, 1939; present owner, 1939

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.

Little Nest - Crow

Related

Little Nest, Crow; [Little Nest] (1904-1908)

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