Catlin, George, 1796-1872 -- Portraits Search this
Extent:
0.4 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
[ca. 1863-1987]
Scope and Contents:
Photographs, photogravures and copy prints of images of George Catlin collected by National Museum of American Art curator William Truettner.
Included are: two photographs of Catlin, one at age 72, by Bernheim, Brussels, Belgium, 1886, and one taken between 1863 and 1865, by Cornelisse, Brussels, Belgium, and a copyprint, possibly of Catlin, taken in London, 1870. Copyprints and photogravure's of art works depicting Catlin include Catlin's self-portrait painted in 1824, a miniature of Catlin painted by W.H. Watkins in 1841, a portrait of Catlin from POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, 1891, after Watkins' 1841 miniature, a woodcut of Catlin by W.J. Linton, London, 1845, a watercolor of Catlin, possibly by Catlin, ca. 1851, and a half-length portrait of Catlin painted by William H. Fisk, 1849. Also included are photographs of Catlin's palette, and two letters regarding the photographs, 1987.
Biographical / Historical:
Portrait painter, miniature painter, ethnographer; Pennsylvania Best known for his paintings of the American Indian. Born in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Provenance:
Transferred from the National Museum of American Art by curator William Truettner, 1992. Truettner collected these images from various sources for his research on Catlin.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Truettner, William H. 1997. "For museum audiences: The Morning of a new day?" In Exhibiting dilemmas : issues of representation at the Smithsonian. Henderson, Amy E. and Kaeppler, Adrienne L., editors. 28–46. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Leroy Ireland. Leroy Ireland letter to William H. Truettner, 1970 Jan. 13. Leroy Ireland research material on George Inness, 1916-2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Truettner, William H. 2009. "Thomas Moran at Acoma." In Art at Colby: Celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Colby College Museum of Art. 180. Waterville, Maine: Colby College Museum of Art.
Truettner, William H. 2008. "Museums and Historical Amnesia." In Museums and difference. Sherman, Daniel J., editor. 354–374. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Truettner, William H. 2007. "Old West Meets New Art History: Some Reasons Why the Dust Hasn't Settled." In Redrawing Boundaries : perspectives on Western American art. 28–43. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Truettner, William H. 2015. "Picture the Murder of Jane McCrea: A Critical Moment in Transatlantic Romanticisim." In Transatlantic Romanticism: British and American Art and Literature, 1790-1860. Hemingway, Andrew and Wallach, Allan, editors. 229–258. Amherst: University of Massachusetts.
