Chief Joseph

Artist Gordon Clegg

Original / Print Original artwork

Presentation      Unframed

Medium     Pen & ink

Genre       Iconic portrait

Size   A3 approx.. 420 x 297 mm

Frame size 540 x 440 mm

Delivery Details   Royal Mail special delivery.    please e mail for prices. 

Price   £275.00

Status    For Sale

Born Hinmuuttu-yalatlat (alternatively Hinmaton-Yalaktit or Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, Nez Perce: "Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain") in the Wallowa Valley of northeastern Oregon, he was known as Young Joseph during his youth because his father had the same name.

While initially hospitable to the region's newcomers, Joseph the Elder grew wary when settlers wanted more Indian lands. Tensions grew as the settlers appropriated traditional Indian lands for farming and grazing livestock.