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George Catlin

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Painting of children, two young women, and dogs on prairie grass before a painted tipi under a soft sky.

Camanchee Chief's Children and Wigwam

1861/1869

Painting of mounted riders charging across grassland toward tipis near a tree line under a pale blue sky.

Sham Fight of the Camanchees

1861/1869

Painting of mounted riders with spears charging across green plains under a cloudy sky.

Camanchee Horsemanship

1861/1869

Oval painting of mounted warriors on horseback charging across grassland, with a fallen figure and shield in the foreground.

Battle between the Jiccarilla Apachees and Camanchees

1861/1869

Painting of mounted riders, horses, and dogs with travois crossing a green plain toward rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Camanchees Moving

1861/1869

Mounted warriors with lances gallop across a grassy plain toward distant trees under a pink and blue sky.

Defile of a Camanchee War Party

1861/1869

Oval painting of a prairie village with tepees, grazing horses, seated figures, and a tree line under a cloudy sky.

Tawahquena Village

1861/1869

Four Pawnee figures in fringed hide garments and beaded necklaces stand in a row on grass against a pale sky.

Pawneepict Chief, Two Daughters, and a Warrior

1861/1869

Three Shoshone warriors in fringed hide robes and feathered headdresses stand on grass against a pale wash background.

Three Shoshonee Warriors

1861

Three Native American men in feathered headdresses, one drawing a bow, one holding a spear, one holding a staff, in grassland

Three Shoshonee Warriors Armed for War

1861/1869

Two standing Native American men in fringed clothing and headdresses on a grassy plain, painted in an oval vignette.

Two Unidentified North American Indians

1861/1869

Painting of four Pawnee figures with feathered headdresses and painted bodies on grassland, with a woman and child at left.

Pawnee Indians

1861/1869

Painting of a Pawnee chief in feathered headdress beside two warriors with bow, quiver and fringed leggings on grass.

A Pawnee Chief with Two Warriors

1861/1869

Painted facsimile of a hide with mounted warriors, bears, sun and moon symbols, and a fringed edge on a grey mat.

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctor's Robe with Fantastic Professional Designs

1861/1869

Painted facsimile of a hide robe showing mounted warriors, a bison, a snake and birds in red and orange tones.

Facsimile of a Pawnee Doctor's Robe

1861/1869

Painting of a Pawnee encampment at sunset with tipis by a winding river, grazing bison and horses, and figures by a fire.

Encampment of Pawnee Indians at Sunset

1861/1869

Painting of a Pawnee man lassoing a wild horse on a grassy plain while other riders gallop in the distance.

Catching Wild Horses - Pawnee

1861/1869

Painting of a warrior with a feathered headdress and shield holding a rearing brown horse with blood on its flank.

A Pawnee Warrior Sacrificing His Favorite Horse

1861/1869

Three Osage men in feathered headdresses and fringed robes stand on a prairie holding a shield, spear, tomahawk and pipe.

Osage Chief with Two Warriors

1861/1869

Painting of Osage figures: a seated man, two standing men with weapons, and a woman holding a child on a plain.

Osage Indians

1861/1869

Painted facsimile of an Omaha robe design with a central bison, feathered staffs, and rows of red marks on tan ground.

Facsimile of an Omaha Robe

1861/1869

Two mounted riders gallop across grassland, one with a spear and one with a bow, under a cloudy sky.

An Osage Indian Pursuing a Camanchee

1861/1869

Watercolor of a Mandan war chief with feathered headdress and staff, beside his wife holding a painted hide.

Mandan War Chief with His Favorite Wife

1861/1869

Three Mandan warriors in feathered headdresses and fringed dress, armed with spear, bows and round shields, on a grassy plain

Three Mandan Warriors Armed for War

1861/1869

Painting of four Mandan warriors with feathered headdresses, a girl and a boy with a bow on an open prairie.

Four Mandan Warriors, a Girl, and a Boy

1861/1869

Painting of a Mandan chief with a feathered headdress, a woman carrying a child, and earthen lodges on a plain.

Mandan Civil Chief, His Wife, and Child

1861/1869

Watercolor of an elderly man with a pipe, a seated family with an infant, and a feathered shield on a plain under pale sky.

An Aged Minatarree Chief and His Family

1861/1869

Three standing Indigenous figures in beaded and fringed dress, one holding a bow, one a feather fan, against a pale backgroun

Three Minatarree Indians

1861

Painting of a Riccarree chief in feathered headdress and his wife in beaded dress standing on prairie, with earth lodges behi

Riccarree Chief and His Wife

1861/1869

Oval painting of a wide river curving past grassy bluffs toward a distant palisaded village, with figures fishing and canoes

Mandan Village - A Distant View

1861/1869

Painted oval interior of a domed lodge with a feathered seated chief, a kneeling man, a campfire, and onlookers around the wa

Catlin Feasted by the Mandan Chief

1861/1869

Watercolor of Minatarree men dancing with feathered headdresses and corn stalks on a grassy plain under a pale sky.

Green Corn Dance - Minatarrees

1861

Painting of dancers in buffalo headdresses holding spears and a drum on an open prairie under a pale sky.

Buffalo Dance - Mandan

1861

Painting of Mandan men in feathered headdresses gathered on grassland beside trees, with arrows and a hide on the ground.

Game of the Arrow - Mandan

1861/1869

Painting of Mandan men seated in a council circle on prairie grass, with shields, spears and a central fire.

A Foot War Party in Council - Mandan

1861/1869

Painting of a Mandan medicine man with feathered headdress and staffs, surrounded by a crowd before earth lodges on the prair

A Mandan Medicine Man

1861/1869

Painted facsimile of a hide robe with small warriors in feathered headdresses, some on horses, arranged in rows.

Facsimile of the Robe of Mah-to-toh-pa - Mandan

1861/1869

Oval painting of seated men in a thatched ceremonial lodge with buffalo skulls, shields, and a central fire.

Mandan Ceremony - The Water Sinks Down

1861/1869

Three Iowa men in feathered headdresses and fringed dress stand on grassland, one holding a spear and another a pipe.

Three Iowa Indians

1861/1869

Three standing figures in traditional dress on a grassy plain, the central man wearing a feathered headdress and red clothing

Three Iroquois Indians

1861/1869

Three Indigenous figures in painted robes and feathered headdresses stand on grass; one holds a shield and bow.

Three Riccarree Indians

1861

Four Indigenous men seated on grass in an oval frame, one elderly with gray hair, others in feathered headdresses, one holdin

An Aged Ojibbeway Chief and Three Warriors

1861/1869

Painting of two Ojibbeway warriors with feathered headdresses and a woman holding an infant in a cradleboard on a plain.

Two Ojibbeway Warriors and a Woman

1861/1869

Oval painting of Indigenous figures in beaded robes beside a tipi, with two archers drawing bows on a grassy plain.

Ojibbeway Indians

1861/1869

Painting of a Saukie warrior with shield and spear, a boy with a staff, and a woman in a pink blanket on grassland.

Saukie Warrior, His Wife, and a Boy

1861/1869

Six Native American men in fringed dress, some with ankle ball-and-chain shackles, standing on grass in an oval painted frame

Black Hawk and Five Other Saukie Prisoners

1861/1869

Painting of two Sauk men in feathered headdresses with a shield and spear, beside a woman in a patterned shawl on a plain.

Two Saukie Chiefs and a Woman

1861/1869

Painting of a feathered rider on a rearing dark horse crossing a grassy plain under a cloudy sky.

The Running Fox on a Fine Horse - Saukie

1861/1869

Painting of three Menomonie figures in traditional dress, a man with feathered headdress holding a pipe, standing on grasslan

Menomonie Chief, His Wife, and Son

1861/1869

Painting of an seated elderly man smoking a pipe beside two standing young men in feathered headdresses on open grassland.

Old Menomonie Chief with Two Young Beaux

1861/1869

Watercolor of two Ottoe chiefs in feathered headdresses and a woman carrying a child on her back on the plains.

Two Ottoe Chiefs and a Woman

1861/1869

Painting of three Indigenous figures and a child on grassland, one holding a feathered spear, under a pale sky.

Weeco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861/1869

Three Piankeshaw figures in traditional dress stand on grass: a woman with a beaded bag, a man with a staff, and a man in a b

Three Piankeshaw Indians

1861/1869

Painting of a man in a dark coat, an older woman in a fringed robe, and a boy with a feather and bow on a grassy plain.

Kaskaskia Chief, His Mother, and Son

1861/1869

Three Native American men in traditional dress with feathered headdresses stand before a river and waterfall in an oval vigne

Seneca Chief, Red Jacket, with Two Warriors

1861/1869

Three figures in painted robes and feathered headdress stand and kneel on grass against a soft sky.

Puncah Indians

1861

Painting of a Native American chief with a feathered spear, surrounded by family members, dog, and tipis on the plains.

Puncah Chief Surrounded by His Family

1861/1869

Watercolor of a man with a feathered headdress and spear flanked by a child and a woman in blankets, against a blue sky.

Ottowa Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1861/1869

Painting of a feathered Native American man standing beside a seated missionary in a dark coat on a grassy plain.

Mohigan Chief and a Missionary

1861/1869

Three standing figures in feathered headdresses and beaded necklaces, two men holding a rifle and tomahawk, a woman in a pink

Three Peoria Indians

1861/1869

Painted group portrait of nine Indigenous people in fringed clothing and feathered headdresses within an oval frame.

Nine Ojibbeway Indians in London

1861/1869

Painting of a group of Iowa men, women, and a child in feathered headdresses and beaded clothing before a hazy sky.

Iowa Indians Who Visited London and Paris

1861/1869

Group of Indigenous men, women and children in feathered headdresses and fringed dress stand on grassland, one holding a toma

Ojibbeway Indians in Paris

1861/1869

Three standing figures on grass: two wrapped in light blankets with beaded leggings, and a man in a dark coat with red sash.

Oneida Chief, His Sister, and a Missionary

1861/1869