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Spearing by Torchlight, on the Amazon, (painting)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Catlin, George  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 596
Cartoon No. 596. SPEARING BY TORCHLIGHT, on the Amazon. [P. 85; exhibited under heading: "Countries and Customs."]
Catalogue Descriptive and Instructive of Catlin's Indian Cartoons. Portraits, Types, and Customs. 600 Paintings in Oil, with 20,000 full length figures illustrating their various Games, Religious Ceremonies, and other Customs, and 27 Canvas Paintings of Lasalle's Discoveries. New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, Printing-House Square, 1871.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Western  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play--Fishing  Search this
Landscape--River--Amazon River  Search this
Landscape--South America  Search this
Landscape--Foreign--South America  Search this
Object--Other--Torch  Search this
Control number:
AECI 05690915
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_105276