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The image depicts three individuals standing against a natural backdrop. The person on the left is a female with long dark hair styled into two braids, wearing a light-colored dress with fringes and beaded necklaces, and is barefoot. The central figure is a male with long hair adorned with feathers, wearing a cloak with a red sunburst design, and jewelry around his neck. The male figure on the right is holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left, wearing animal-skin leggings with fringes and a belt, and is barefoot. The background shows green grass, rolling hills, soft blue mountains under a clear sky, framed by an oval border within a rectangular frame.
National Gallery of Art · Painting
A Yuma Chief, His Daughter, and a Warrior
George Catlin
- Date
- 1855/1869
- Medium
- oil on card mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 46.5 x 62.1 cm (18 5/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Painting
- Accession number
- 1965.16.172
- Credit line
- Paul Mellon Collection
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CAB
Subjects and terms
- painted surface
- American
- American Paintings, Catlin
- North American Indian
- portrait
- Secondary chief (unnamed)
- Daughter of chief (unnamed)
- Jeems-fer-re, warrior
- Yuma
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.
NGA object ID 50480. 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.