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George Catlin, Iron Bluff, 1200 Miles above St. Louis
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
George Catlin

Iron Bluff, 1200 Miles above St. Louis

1832

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.5 × 36.6 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-138752

George Catlin painted this landscape in 1832, during a lengthy voyage on the Missouri River. He described the scene as a “beautiful subject for a landscape.” (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition)

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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