Chief Billy Bowlegs

Charles Ferdinand Wimar portrays the Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco) with a group of men, advancing through the dense vegetation of the Florida Everglades. During the mid-nineteenth century, Holata Micco became well-known due to his role as a leader during the Third Seminole War, and images of him were circulated in popular publications. Wimar used these images as a basis for Holata Micco’s facial features and headdress, while editing his attire to conform to 19th-century stereotypes of Native Americans.