This is the chapter 3 art for the Notable Missourian book (Truman State University Press) on Jeffery Deroine. Here Jeffery is shown witnessing a treaty between the Ioway nation and the U.S. federal government.
Jeffrey and the Ioway tour Europe
As a slave child, Jeffrey Deroine probably couldn't have imagined that one day he would visit Europe as a free man and rub elbows with some of the world's most powerful people. He was there as an interpreter for his friends the Ioway (most notably, Chief White Cloud) while they toured the continent with the painter George Catlin.
This illustration is for the book on Jeffrey Deroine, published by Truman State University Press.
Final art
1st version - can you spot the differences?
Rough sketch