River Bluffs with White Wolves in the Foreground, Upper Missouri
1832
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.5 × 36.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-136768
George Catlin journeyed up the Missouri River in 1832. “I often landed my skiff,” he recalled, “and mounted the green carpeted bluffs whose soft grassy tops, invited me to recline, where I was at once lost in contemplation. Soul melting scenery that was about me! A place where the mind could think volumes; but the tongue must be silent that would speak, and the hand palsied that would write. A pl…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1832 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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