George Catlin, Comanche Warriors, with White Flag, Receiving the Dragoons
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
George Catlin

Comanche Warriors, with White Flag, Receiving the Dragoons

1834-1835

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
61.1 × 73.9 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-135398

“In the midst of this lovely valley, we could just discern amongst the scattering shrubbery that lined the banks of the watercourses, the tops of the Camanchee wigwams, and the smoke curling above them. The valley, for a mile distant about the village, seemed speckled with horses and mules that were grazing in it. The chiefs of the war-party requested the regiment to halt, until they could ride i…

Provenance

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

Registry history

  • 1834-1835 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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