Portraits of a Grizzly Bear and Mouse, Life Size
1846-1848
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 67.5 × 82.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137358
George Catlin included two grizzly bears in the eight tons of material for his Indian Gallery that he brought to England in 1839. But the bears were destructive pests and Catlin eventually sold them to London’s Zoological Gardens in October, 1840. European audiences had to content themselves with life-size portraits such as this, in which the presence of a familiar, if bold, little mouse establis…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1846-1848 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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