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An Alligator's Nest

National Gallery of Art · Painting

An Alligator's Nest

George Catlin

Date
1854/1869
Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 46.3 x 61.2 cm (18 1/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1965.16.293
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CAB
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • American
  • reptile
  • animal
  • South America
  • landscape
  • American Paintings, Catlin
  • Amazon River
  • Alligator
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 50601. 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.