Artist:

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

24 x 29 in. (60.9 x 73.7 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1834-1835

Luce Center Label:

With the arrival of horses on the Great Plains, nomadic hunters like the Comanche, who had previously relied on dogs to transport the poles and covers of their tipis, could live in much bigger and heavier shelters. George Catlin’s painting shows the horseman Little Spaniard arriving in camp, and was sketched at a Comanche village in 1834.

Topic:

Western  Search this

Animal\horse  Search this

Figure male\full length  Search this

Indian\Comanche  Search this

Architecture Exterior\domestic\teepee  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Object number:

1985.66.493

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75b66e6e9-ee83-412d-8350-0a67af2ccf33

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1985.66.493