Comanche War Party, Mounted on Wild Horses
1834-1837
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 49.7 × 70 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-137583
George Catlin’s descriptions of Native Americans reveal his respect for the tribes and nations that he feared would soon vanish. “Every one of these red sons of the forest (or rather of the prairie) is a knight and lord . . . the only things which he deems worthy of his exertions are to mount his snorting steed, with his bow and quiver slung, his arrow-shield upon his arm, and his long lance glis…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Registry history
- 1834-1837 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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