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George Catlin

Artist: William Fisk, 1796 - 8 Nov 1872
Sitter: George Catlin, 26 Jul 1796 - 23 Dec 1872

Date: 1849

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Frame: 158.8 x 133.4 x 7cm (62 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 2 3/4")

Topic: Interior\Interior with Exterior View; Equipment\Smoking Implements\Pipe\Peace pipe; Artist's Effects\Palette; Artist's Effects\Paintbrush; Artist's Effects\Canvas; Costume\Dress Accessory\Feather; Artist's Effects\Easel; George Catlin: Male; George Catlin: Law and Crime\Lawyer; George Catlin: Literature\Writer; George Catlin: Visual Arts\Artist\Portraitist; George Catlin: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter\Miniaturist; George Catlin: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Environmentalist; Portrait

Place: United Kingdom\England\Greater London\London

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Miss May C. Kinney, Ernest C. Kinney and Bradford Wickes, 1945

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Object number: NPG.70.14

Provenance: Loaned to National Museum by Louise Catlin Kinney and her sister Miss Catlin, 1904; gift 1945 from her children Mary C. Kinney,Ernest C. Kinney, and Bradford Wickers; transferred 1970 to NPG.

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery