Artist: George Catlin (1796 - 1872)
Nationality: American
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
George Catlin was an American painter and writer who specialized in depicting Native American life. He initially was employed as a lawyer but switched to art in the 1820's when he worked as a portraitist. In 1830, he began visiting Native American tribes. His paintings were better received in Europe than in the United States. Regardless, they never were commercially successful and Catlin went bankrupt in 1852.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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George Catlin Plate 123 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 151 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 150 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 149 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 148 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 147 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 146 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 145 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 144 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 152 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 153 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 159 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 158 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 157 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 40 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 156 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 155 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 41 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 154 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 143 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 142 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 131 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 130 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 129 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 128 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 127 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 126 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 125 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 124 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 132 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 133 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 141 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 140 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 139 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 138 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 137 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 136 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 135 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 134 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 39 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 38 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 181 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 180 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 179 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 178 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 177 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 176 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 175 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 174 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 182 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 183 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 191 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 190 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 189 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 188 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 187 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 186 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 185 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 184 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 173 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 32 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 36 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 165 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 164 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 163 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 162 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 161 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 37 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 160 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 35 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 166 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 172 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 33 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 171 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 170 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 169 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 168 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 167 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 34 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 192 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 2 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 52 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 79 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 78 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 51 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 77 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 76 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 75 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 74 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 73 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 80 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 81 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 89 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 88 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 87 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 86 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 85 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 84 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 83 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 82 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841
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George Catlin Plate 72 in the book Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians by George Catlin (London: the author, 1841),2nd ed., vol. 1 engraving 1841

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (7)
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Buffalo Bill Historical Center: John James Audubon in the West: The Last Expedition - Mammals of North America
Curator of the Whitney Gallery of Western Art Sarah Boehme explains, John James Audubon is associated with artistic images of birds, with conservation issues, and with geographic locations of the Deep South. He doesn't immediately spring to mind ...
Orlando Museum of Art: Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Later in the century, other artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Thomas ...
Joslyn Art Museum: Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection
Spanning nearly 150 years of American history, the exhibition is drawn from the distinguished collection of Philip Anschutz, who holds the most important assemblage of Western art in private hands. Included in the exhibition are notable works by t...
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art: Trailing Lewis and Clark, Featuring the Art of Ken Holder
Artist Ken Holder, inspired by Stephen Ambrose’s book, “Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West,” traveled the trail of Lewis and Clark. He was excited by the thought of creating his own “voyage o...
Phillips Collection: Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Notably, the Atheneum was the first museum in the world to purchase a painting by Salvador Dalí (1931) and the first American museum to acquire works by surrealist Joan Miró (1934), the Paris-born painter known as Balthus (1938), and American surr...
Smithsonian, National Museum of American Art and its Rewick Gallery: Treasures to Go!
`Storing treasures that attract more than half a million visitors each year was not an option the staff wanted to consider,` said Elizabeth Broun, director of the Smithsonians American Art Museum. Instead, in January the museum is laun...
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens: Lure of the West: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
First explorers and trappers, then settlers and immigrants were drawn to the lands and opportunities for a new life in the American West, said Elizabeth Broun, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Artists were quick to discover new...

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