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The image depicts a person standing beside a black horse. The person has long dark hair with feathers, wearing skin trousers, moccasins, a quiver, and a bow slung across their back. They also have a blanket on the horse, a necklace, and a bracelet. The horse is decorated with a colorful cloth and feathers. The background shows an open landscape with a pale blue sky and light foliage on flat terrain.
National Gallery of Art · Painting
A Cheyenne Warrior Resting His Horse
George Catlin
- Date
- 1861/1869
- Medium
- oil on card mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 46.7 x 61.3 cm (18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
- Classification
- Painting
- Accession number
- 1965.16.39
- Credit line
- Paul Mellon Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CAB
Subjects and terms
- painted surface
- American
- Warrior
- North American Indian
- portrait
- American Paintings, Catlin
- Cheyenne
Provenance
George Catlin [1796-1872]; by descent to his daughters, Clara Gregory Catlin, Louise Catlin Kinney, and Elizabeth Wing Catlin; purchased 1912 from Elizabeth Wing Catlin by the American Museum of Natural History; sold 1959 through (Kennedy Galleries, New York) to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1965 to the NGA.
Inscription
lower left on card: A/132; upper center on board on applied paper: 195; upper center reverse in graphite: 195
NGA object ID 50347. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.