# Miss Satterlee

- By: Charles Bird King (born Newport, RI 1785-died Washington, DC 1862)
- Date: ca. 1830-1839
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 17 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (44.8 x 35.8 cm.)
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Albert M. Pitcher, Jr.
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=13739)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9fadd97de68c7f8e12c1127e93b11b6e.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Miss Satterlee sat for Charles Bird King in his Washington studio. Her pet golden pheasant grips her forefinger and thumb, its elegant body mirroring the shape of her delicate hand. For a painter of his time, King made a rather daring choice in positioning the bird to call attention to Miss Satterlee’s bosom. Her fashionable clothing, intricate hairstyle, and fair, unblemished skin suggest that she, like her pet, lived a sheltered and protected life.