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George Catlin

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Painting of a grassy lake landscape with a kneeling robed man over a fallen figure, surrounded by armed men.

La Salle Assassinated by Duhaut. May 19, 1686

1847/1848

Painting of a tepee, a man lifting a hide flap, a woman by a fire, and domed lodges on a riverside plain.

Vapor Bath - Minatarree

1861/1869

Painting of two feathered Sioux chiefs, a medicine man, a woman with a child, and an archer on open grassland.

Two Sioux Chiefs, a Medicine Man, and a Woman with a Child

1861/1869

Painted facsimile of a Mandan robe with a central concentric sun motif, bison, mounted warriors and a pipe, by George Catlin.

Facsimile of a Mandan Robe

1861/1869

Painting of hunters on snowshoes lancing bison in a snowy hillside landscape, a large bison bleeding in the foreground.

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux

1861/1869

Portrait of a man with red and green face paint, feathered headdress, fur mantle and bone necklace against a pale sky.

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas

1844/1845

Oval painting of a village of conical skin tents on a plain at sunset, with figures on foot and horseback and rolling hills b

A Crow Village of Skin Tents on the Salmon River

1855/1869

Night scene on a river: a figure in a canoe with a raised spear beside a torch, against dark dense jungle foliage.

Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon

1854/1869

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a dark coat beside a green table with a scroll, inkstand, books and globe.

William Clark

1830

Painting of a riverside village with thatched huts, figures, dugout canoes on water, and a dense green forest with palms.

A Small Village - Payaguas Indians

1854/1869

Oval portrait miniature of a man with dark hair and sideburns in a dark jacket and white collar, in a gold frame.

Capt. Henry P. Fleischman

1820

Stán-au-pat, Bloody Hand, Chief of the Tribe

1830

Painting of a standing man with feathered headdress, holding a decorated shield and lance, against a pale sky.

Ah-móu-a, The Whale, One of Kee-o-kúk's Principal Braves

1830

Painting of a winding line of shielded warriors marching across green grassland under a pale sky.

Foot War Party on the March, Upper Missouri

1830

Painting of mounted riders charging across a grassy plain past a tree line, with a fallen horse in the foreground.

Mounted War Party Scouring a Thicket

1840

Painting of green rolling hills and a winding river with two canoes on the water in the lower right corner.

Nishnabottana Bluffs, 1070 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Portrait of a man in a red feathered turban, white blanket and nose ornament, against a pale sky.

Non-on-dá-gon, a Chief

1830

Oil portrait of an elderly man in a patterned headwrap, hoop earrings and fur robe against a pale sky.

Lay-láw-she-kaw, Goes Up the River, an Aged Chief

1830

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with white hair, blue eyes, dark coat and white cravat, in an ornate gold frame.

William Wilson

1820

Painting of rounded green grassy bluffs beside a wide pale river under a soft pink-tinged sky.

Beautiful Grassy Bluffs, 110 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Oil portrait of a young man in feathered headdress, face paint and fur robe, holding a bow and arrows.

Ud-je-jock, Pelican, a Boy

1840

Five studies of bear heads in brown paint on a pale background, showing different angles of grizzly bears.

Portraits of Two Grizzly Bears, From Life

1830

Loose painted landscape of rolling plains under a sky fading from blue to pink, with clouds along the horizon.

Landscape Background

1840

Seated man in red leggings and feathered headdress holding a feathered lance, painted by George Catlin in 1830.

O'n-daig, The Crow, a Dandy

1830

Painting of mounted riders in feathered headdresses chasing a herd of bison across an open grassland at dusk.

Comanche Indians Chasing Buffalo

1840

Painted portrait of a man in a patterned turban, red face paint and striped cheek markings, hand on chest, cloudy background.

Pah-te-cóo-saw, Straight Man, Semicivilized

1830

Portrait of a man with red face paint, red feathered headdress, silver earrings and necklaces, and a dark fur garment.

Shón-ka-ki-he-ga, Horse Chief, Grand Pawnee Head Chief

1830

La-wáh-he-coots-la-sháw-no, Brave Chief, a Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

1830

Painting of Comanche riders with a white flag approaching across a green plain, with tipis and mountains in the distance.

Comanche Warriors, with White Flag, Receiving the Dragoons

1830

Painting of a river winding through prairie with distant bluffs, and three figures around a campfire on the grassy foreground

Prairie Bluffs at Sunrise, near the Mouth of the Yellowstone River

1830

Painting of flat-topped mesas rising above green rolling hills, with trees and a pale sky under soft clouds.

Square Hills, 1200 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Night river scene with a bright fire on the bank and two figures in a canoe, one raising a spear over the water.

Ojibwe Spearing Salmon by Torchlight

1840