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George Catlin

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Painted line of Native men with shields walking single file across green rolling prairie under a cloudy sky.

Indian File - Iowa

1861/1869

Painting of wolves at a muddy pool with mired buffalo, a grazing herd on open prairie, and trees at left.

Mired Buffalo and Wolves

1861/1869

Painting of a stranded whale surrounded by crowds and canoes on a shore at sunset, with a sailing ship on the sea.

A Whale Ashore - Klahoquat

1855/1869

Figures work on a large canoe in a dense forest of tall trees, with chips scattered on the ground.

Excavating a Canoe - Nayas Indians

1855/1869

Painting of men carrying a large decorated canoe toward a river past a dense green forest.

Launching a Canoe - Nayas Indians

1855/1869

Painting of seated feathered figures in a council circle around a small fire beneath a leaning tree, with a river beyond.

An Indian Council - Sioux

1861/1869

Bison running down a steep ravine while grizzly bears rest on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

Grizzly Bears Attacking Buffalo

1861/1869

Painting of a shoreline village with tipi tents, canoes, and running figures under a golden sunset sky with distant mountains

Nayas Village at Sunset

1855/1869

Oval night scene of figures gathered at a campfire on a bank beside moonlit water, with pine trees and clouds.

Nayas Village at Night

1855/1869

Oval painting of a dusk seascape with forest at left, figures on a sandy beach, a canoe, and a distant sailing ship.

An Indian Ladder - Nayas Indians

1855/1869

Five standing Indigenous men with feathered headdresses, painted bodies and spears against a pale blue sky, painted by George

Five Caribbe Indians

1854/1869

Three Native American men in feathered headdresses, one drawing a bow, one with a shield, one with a spear, in a painted land

Three Woyaway Indians

1854/1869

Painting of three standing Indigenous figures in feathered headdresses and beaded jewelry, with a hut in the background.

Three Taruma Indians

1854/1869

Four Indigenous men and a child in feathered headdresses and loincloths stand and sit on grass against a pale sky.

Four Goo-a-give Indians

1854/1869

Watercolor of four Arowak figures on grassland: three adults in feathered headdresses and a small child holding a spear.

Four Arowak Indians

1854/1869

Painting of a group of Indigenous people in a grassy field, one central figure wearing a feathered headdress and fringed garm

Zurumati Indians

1854/1869

Three Indigenous figures with feathers, shields, clubs and bows stand on grass in a painted watercolour-style scene.

Three Zurumati Indians

1854/1869

Four nude children stand on grass; three wear feathered headdresses and necklaces, and one holds a spear and shield.

Four Zurumati Children

1854/1869

Painting of four Indigenous figures in feathered headdresses and minimal dress standing on a grassy plain, some holding bows.

Four Macouchi Indians

1854/1869

Painting of a six-person family standing on grass, with a man in a feathered headdress holding arrows, women with necklaces,

A Connibo Indian Family

1854/1869

Two riders on a dark horse with a long spear crossing a grassy plain under a pale blue sky, painted in a small landscape scen

Bride and Groom on Horseback - Connibo

1854/1869

Painting of three standing figures, a child, a man with feathered headdress and bow, and a woman in beaded clothing, on grass

A Chetibo Family

1854/1869

Four Indigenous figures, including two men, a woman with an infant, and a child, standing on grass in a painted portrait.

Four Sepibo Indians

1854/1869

Painting of Indigenous figures on grassland, including a man in a feathered headdress, a child, and an archer drawing a bow.

Five Iquito Indians

1854/1869

Three Omagua men in feathered headdresses and body ornaments stand on grass, one holding a spear, painted in watercolor.

Three Omagua Men

1854/1869

Four Indigenous figures with feathered headdresses, spears and a shield stand in a row on grassy ground under a blue sky.

Four Xingu Indians

1854/1869

Four Indigenous figures with spears and beaded jewelry stand on grass against a pale blue sky in a painted scene.

Four Angustura Indians

1854/1869

Painting of three Mura people: a woman with a child, a man with a spear and feathered headdress, and a man with a bow.

Four Mura Indians

1854/1869

Watercolor of Marahua Indigenous people on a canoe by a river, with a feathered headdress and paddles, and canoes in the dist

Marahua Indians

1854/1869

Painting of a Native American family of five standing on grass, with a feathered man holding a bow and a woman carrying a bab

Orejona Chief and Family

1854/1869

Painting of unclothed Indigenous people in a grassy clearing beside a thatched shelter, with a man in a feathered headdress.

Orejona Indians

1854/1869

Painting of three standing men in traditional dress holding spears, a bow, and arrows, with a shield and feathered ornaments.

Three Chaymas Men

1854/1869

Three standing Native figures in traditional dress with bows, quiver, beaded jewelry and fringed skirt against a green landsc

Chaco Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior

1854/1869

Five Indigenous figures with feathered headdresses, beaded necklaces and paddles stand on grass before a soft blue-green back

Members of the Payaguas Tribe

1854/1869

Painting of a Lengua chief with two wives and four children standing on grassland, with feathered headdress and bow.

Lengua Chief, His Two Wives, and Four Children

1854/1869

Three Lengua men in feathered headdresses stand on grassland holding a spear, a bow and quiver, and a staff, painted in water

Lengua Medicine Man with Two Warriors

1854/1869

Painting of three men and a child in feathered headdresses and body paint standing on grassland in an oval frame.

Members of the Botocudo Tribe

1854/1869

Painting of three figures on a plain: a woman with a paddle and basket, a man in a red blanket, and a young man with arrows.

Botocudo Chief, His Wife, and a Young Man

1854/1869

Three young figures with feathered headdresses and beaded necklaces stand on grass, one holding a bow and one a spear, agains

Three Auca Children

1854/1869

Three Native men in feathered headdresses stand on grass holding a bow, spear and shield in a George Catlin watercolor.

A Puelchee Chief and Two Young Warriors

1854/1869

Painted group of four Indigenous figures in traditional dress standing on grass against a blue-green sky.

Patagon Chief, His Brother, and Daughter

1856/1869

Three young men in feathered headdresses hold a spear, a bow and arrow, and a flute against a soft blue landscape.

Three Young Tobos Men

1854/1869

Four figures with paddles and a canoe on a shore, with a fishing net and mountains behind them, in a soft painted landscape.

Four Fuegian Indians

1856/1869

Oval painting of a forest camp with a giant anteater, a campfire, a seated man, and a person resting in a hammock.

The Great Ant-Eater

1854/1869

Three nude women with beaded jewelry and feathered fans stand on a grassy mound before distant mountains under a pastel sky.

The Handsome Dance - Goo-a-give

1854/1869

Horseback rider firing a rifle at fleeing ostriches across a wide grassy plain under a rosy sunset sky.

Ostrich Chase, Buenos Aires - Auca

1854/1869

Painting of a calm river with a canoe and rifle-armed hunter at left and two jaguars on a sandbank at right, framed by palms.

Pont de Palmiers and Tiger Shooting

1854/1869

Night painting of figures with torches hunting turtles on a riverbank beneath dense tropical palms.

Turtle Hunt

1854/1869

Painting of hunters firing at a herd of peccaries in a forest clearing with palms and tall trees.

A Fight with Peccaries - Caribbe

1854/1869

Night scene of dense palms framing a glowing river, with small figures crouching at the lower right near the water.

Ignis Fatuus - Zurumati

1854/1869

Painting of a wide plain with snow-capped mountains, palms, and small seated figures on a grassy rise under a pale sky.

View of the Pampa del Sacramento

1854/1869

Painting of a river shore with tall palms, a thatched shelter, a canoe, and seated figures near a cooking fire.

Shore of the Essequibo

1854/1869

Dense tropical forest along a river with palms and small figures in canoes near the shore.

Luxuriant Forest on the Bank of the Amazon

1854/1869

Oval painting of thatched huts and palm trees beside a river, with small figures and a canoe in tropical vegetation.

A Caribbe Village in Dutch Guiana

1854/1869

Oval painting of a hazy mountain range above a tree-dotted meadow, with small figures and smoke near the trees.

View in the Crystal Mountains

1854/1869

Oval painting of thatched huts and small figures in a clearing at the edge of a tropical forest with palms.

Arowak Village

1854/1869

Oval painting of a narrow rocky crevice between steep cliffs opening to a green valley with small figures and a cloudy sky.

The Beetle Crevice

1854/1869

Oval painting of dense jungle along a river shore with four men and a dugout canoe among tall palms and vines.

Shore of the Trombetas

1854/1869

Oval painting of palm trees over a riverbank, with small figures near thatched shelters and blue water at left.

An Indian Village - Shore of the Amazon

1854/1869

Painting of a dense Amazon forest interior with tall trees, vines, and small figures walking on the ground.

Interior of an Amazon Forest - Zurumati

1854/1869

Painting of a dense riverside forest with small red figures gathered on the grassy bank beside calm water.

An Amazon Forest - Looking Ashore

1854/1869

Painting of a wooded hillside and rocky mountain with small figures on a dirt path under a cloudy blue sky.

Rhododendron Mountain

1854/1869

Oval landscape of hazy green mountains above a valley with small tents and a stream beneath pink clouds.

View of the Crystal Mountains, Brazil

1854/1869

Painting of a line of figures carrying turtle shells and paddles across a clearing, with canoes and trees in the background.

Return from a Turtle Hunt - Connibo

1854/1869

Oval painting of reddish cattle grazing on a wide grassy plain with low hills and a pale blue sky with clouds.

Wild Cattle Grazing on the Pampa del Sacramento

1854/1869

Night river scene with two figures in a canoe, one raising a spear, beneath tall trees and dense foliage.

Spearing by Moonlight - Chaco

1854/1869

Painting of horsemen galloping across a wide grassland plain under a pale blue sky with pink clouds.

Driving the Pampas for Wild Cattle - Connibo

1854/1869

Oval painting of figures gathered on a riverbank with canoes, conical tents, and palm trees in a forest setting.

A Small Orejona Village

1854/1869

Oval painting of an Omagua riverside village with thatched huts, palms, a dark canoe on the water, and figures on the bank.

An Omagua Village - Boat Sketch

1854/1869

Painting of a riverside encampment with red-toned figures near a thatched hut, a boat on the water, and dense green forest be

A Mura Encampment - Boat Sketch

1854/1869

Painting of figures on a riverbank beside thatched huts, with a dugout canoe in the water and dense green trees behind.

A Mayoruna Village

1854/1869

Painting of red-painted figures on a riverbank beside a canoe, with thatched huts and dense forest behind them.

A Yahua Village

1854/1869

Painted river scene with dense green riverbank, palms, a canoe with figures, and a small sailboat under a teal sky.

View of the Shore of the Amazon - Boat Sketch

1854/1869

Painting of a jungle riverbank with palms, where feathered figures sit and stand near open thatched shelters.

Encampment of Cocomas - Looking Ashore

1854/1869

Painting of feathered men dancing in a grassy riverside clearing near a tepee, surrounded by tropical trees and palms.

Tapuya Encampment

1854/1869

Painting of a riverside encampment in dense green forest, with feathered figures near conical tents and a river beyond.

Mauhees Encampment

1854/1869

Painting of a still tropical lagoon edged by dense forest, tall grasses and a spiky palm under soft light.

A Lagoon of the Upper Amazon

1854/1869

Painting of a forest clearing with conical tents and a group of figures with feathered headdresses sitting and standing among

Indian Camp in the Forest

1854/1869

Oval painting of a river with a canoe, palm trees, thatched huts and standing figures in red on the bank.

Painting the Tobos Chief

1854/1869

Oval painting of a thatched hut and small figures on grassland, with palms bending in wind under a stormy sky.

A Small Tobos Village

1854/1869

Dark night landscape with a silhouetted tree and a glowing orange light along a riverbank, with small figures in the distance

Ignis Fatuus, Rio Uruguay

1854/1869

Painting of alligators in a swamp beside a nest of eggs, under mossy trees and bromeliads with a sunlit clearing behind.

An Alligator's Nest

1854/1869

Dark green tropical lagoon with palms and red flowers, and a dugout canoe with three people in the foreground.

Entrance to a Lagoon, Shore of the Amazon

1854/1869

Painting of a grassy plain framed by drooping trees and vines, with thatched huts at right under a pale blue sky.

A Connibo Village

1854/1869

Five riders on horseback cross a vast green prairie toward a distant herd under a blue sky with streaked clouds.

Connibos Starting for Wild Horses

1854/1869

Wide grassland at dusk with mounted riders chasing bison toward distant mountains under a warm, cloudy sky.

Grand Lavoir, Pampa del Sacramento

1854/1869

Oval painting of thatched houses, a canoe on a river, and groups of figures on a grassy plain with palm trees.

Painting the Lengua Chief

1854/1869

Oval painting of a river shore with dense green trees, a canoe with paddlers, and a figure standing among reeds on the bank.

Shore of the Uruguay - Making a Sketch

1854/1869

Painting of men towing a canoe upstream along a grassy riverbank beside dense green forest.

Lengua Indians Ascending the Rapids of the Rio Uruguay

1854/1869

Oval painting of a small village on a riverbank with people, a canoe, palm trees and a thatched hut under a pale sky.

A Small Lengua Village

1854/1869

Painting of a riverbank village with thatched huts, palms, and paddlers in canoes on the water below.

A Small Lengua Village, Uruguay

1854/1869

Oval painting of a riverside village with thatched huts, palm trees, canoes on the water, and grazing animals.

A Small Village of Remos Indians

1854/1869

Oval painting of a clearing with two thatched huts, palm trees, and a small group of figures in the grass.

A Sepibo Village

1854/1869

Painting of a canoe with two rowers on a calm river beside palm-lined tropical forest under a cloudy sky.

Mouth of the Rio Purus

1854/1869

Oval painting of figures in a grassy clearing with horses, sketching beside tall palms and dense green forest under a pale sk

Halting to Make a Sketch

1854/1869

Painting of figures with feathers dancing near a thatched shelter on grassland under a windy, cloudy sky.

A Connibo Wigwam

1854/1869