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George Catlin

697 works

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Portrait of an older man with red headwear, feathers, face paint and layered beaded necklaces against a warm ochre background

Aúh-ka-nah-paw-wáh, Earth Standing, an Old and Valiant Warrior

1830

Painted line of dancers with feathered headdresses, clubs and spears, with seated drummers at right under a cloudy sky.

Dog Dance at Fort Snelling

1830

Small framed portrait of a seated woman in a lace bonnet, blue dress and red shawl, before a brown curtain.

Mrs. Putnam Catlin (Mary "Polly" Sutton)

1820

Elk running across prairie past resting bison, with rolling hills, trees and two hunters with rifles at the left edge.

Elk and Buffalo Making Acquaintance, Texas

1840

Painting of an Arikara village of earth-covered lodges on a river bank, with rolling green hills and streaked clouds above.

Arikara Village of Earth-Covered lodges, 1600 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Painting of a standing man in feathered headdress and fringed fur leggings holding a pipe and a red-handled club.

Ka-bés-hunk, He Who Travels Everywhere, a Warrior

1830

Painting of an ochre clay bluff above a green river with gravel shore, trees, and a small distant white building under cloudy

Cabane's Trading House, 930 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Portrait of a man with red face paint, feather headdress, red blanket and beaded necklace, painted in 1830.

Chee-me-náh-na-quet, Great Cloud, son of Grizzly Bear

1830

Oval painting of a tipi encampment on grassland at sunset, with grazing horses and bison and rolling hills beyond.

An Indian Encampment at Sunset

1861/1869

Portrait of a man with red face paint, a red feathered headdress, beaded necklaces and a large shell pendant, against a muted

See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man

1844/1845

Oil portrait of a woman in a white fur wrap, wearing layered beaded necklaces and a beaded earring, against a muted backgroun

The Female Eagle - Shawano

1830

Oil portrait of a young man in feathered headdress, red face paint, nose ring and bone necklace against a muted sky.

Boy Chief - Ojibbeway

1843

Painting of a winding river past green rolling hills, a rock tower on a ridge, and two small figures on the bank.

The Tower, 1100 Miles above St. Louis

1830

Painting of green river bluffs with two white wolves in the foreground and a winding river below a pale sky.

River Bluffs with White Wolves in the Foreground, Upper Missouri

1830

Four painted dancers in fringed costumes and feathered headdresses perform a ceremonial dance on open grassland.

Four Dancers

1840

Two standing warriors in fringed buckskin and feathered headdresses flank a boy in a painted blanket on a grassy plain.

Two Nezperce Warriors and a Boy C16286

1855

Oval painting of a plain at sunrise with a war party camp, grazing horses, riders, and a dramatic cloudy sky.

Bivouac of a Sioux War Party at Sunrise C16213

1861

Oval painting of a tipi encampment on grassland at sunset, with grazing animals, distant hills and an orange sky.

An Indian Encampment at Sunset

1861

Mrs. George Catlin (Clara Bartlet Gregory)

1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame inside a green velvet case.

Portrait of a Gentleman

1827

Hand-colored print of three standing Native American figures in fringed robes, feathered headdresses and beaded jewelry.

North American Indians

1844

Hand-colored print of two figures: a feathered, beaded man on the left and a man in blue military coat and top hat on the rig

Wi-Jun-Jon - The Pigeon's Egg Head Going to Washington: Returning to his Home

1837/39

DeWitt Clinton

1820

Hand-colored lithograph of Osceola standing with a long rifle, wearing a feathered turban, beaded sash and fringed robe.

Osceola

1830

Lithograph portrait of Osceola of Florida standing with a rifle, wearing a feathered headdress, ornamented coat and beaded le

Osceola

1890