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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Snowy riverbank with figures and canoes beside a broad waterfall, mist rising, evergreens along the shore.

Portage Around the Falls of Niagara at Table Rock

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Winter riverbank with men building a wooden boat on the shore, canoes on the water, and a crowd beneath snowy trees.

La Salle Driving the First Bolt for the Griffin. January 26, 1679

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of figures with a dog sled traveling along a snowy shore beside evergreen trees under a pale sky.

Returning to Fort Frontenac by Sled. February 1679

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a large ship launching into turquoise water as a crowd of people lines a sandy shore beneath green trees.

Launching of the Griffin. July 1679

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a sailing ship on a turquoise bay surrounded by canoes, with figures and tipis on a sandy shore under a golden sk

First Sailing of the Griffin on Lake Erie. August 7, 1679

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Sailing ship approaching a shore crowded with canoes, paddlers, and people, with tipis on a high bluff under a pink sky.

The Griffin Entering the Harbor at Mackinaw. August 27, 1679

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painted riverside scene of canoes approaching a village of huts and tipis, with figures on the sandy bank and rolling green h

La Salle and Party Arrive at the Village of the Illinois. January 1, 1680

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a crowd in feathered headdresses gathered around a ceremonial pole among tipis and bark lodges beneath trees.

La Salle's Party Feasted in the Illinois Village. January 2, 1680

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a snowy winter encampment with figures in feathered headdresses gathered on frozen ground beside tents and trees.

De Tonty Suing for Peace in the Iroquois Village. January 2, 1680

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painted river scene with red canoes full of paddlers passing green hills and rocky bluffs under a pale sky.

Father Hennepin and Two Companions Made Prisoners by the Sioux. April 1680

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of red canoes with paddlers on a wide river below tall grassy cliffs under a cloudy sky.

Father Hennepin and Companions Passing Lover's Leap. April 1680

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painted riverside scene of figures beside a canoe and campfire, with a wide waterfall across the river behind them.

Father Hennepin and Companions at the Falls of St. Anthony. May 1, 1680

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a river valley with red canoes on the water, a wooden cross on the shore, and green rolling hills under a pale sk

Father Hennepin Leaving the Mississippi to Join La Salle. May 8, 1680

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Figures haul canoes on sledges across a snowy frozen lake toward a tree-lined shore under a cloudy sky.

La Salle Crossing Lake Michigan on the Ice. December 8, 1681

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of canoes with paddlers travelling down a river past green hills and trees under a cloudy sky.

La Salle's Party Entering the Mississippi in Canoes. February 6, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a riverbank gathering with canoes on the water and a crowd of figures under tall green trees.

La Salle Taking Possession of the Land at the Mouth of the Arkansas. March 10, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a Native American village gathering where a feathered chief greets European visitors before thatched lodges and h

Chief of the Taensa Indians Receiving La Salle. March 20, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a crowd by a riverbank with a wooden cross, European men, Indigenous people, tipis and tall trees.

La Salle Erecting a Cross and Taking Possession of the Land. March 25, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of men gathered on a riverbank near a wooden cross and flag, with canoes and a dramatic sunset sky.

La Salle Claiming Louisiana for France. April 9, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a shipwreck on a sandy shore with men hauling timber, two ships offshore, and a pink cloudy sky.

Wreck of the Aimable, on the Coast of Texas. 1685

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of mounted riders on a prairie meeting a file of armed men in period dress under a dramatic sunset sky.

La Salle Meets a War Party of Cenis Indians on a Texas Prairie. April 25, 1686

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a green prairie hill with a campsite of tents, a fire and seated figures in the foreground, and a distant herd.

Expedition Encamped on a Texas Prairie. April 1686

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of feathered Indigenous men greeting European-dressed visitors before conical lodges under a pink sky.

La Salle Received in the Village of the Cenis Indians. May 6, 1686

George Catlin, 1847/1848

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

George Catlin, 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

George Catlin, 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

George Catlin, 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

George Catlin, 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

George Catlin, 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

George Catlin, 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

George Catlin, 1855/1869