View in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. Louis, Smithsonian American Art Museum

View in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin described this scene as “magnificent clay bluffs, with red pumice-stone resting on their tops, and a party of Indians approaching buffalo.” The artist painted this image in 1832 while on a lengthy voyage northwest on the Missouri River. (Catlin, 1848 Catalogue, Catlin’s Indian Gallery, SAAM online exhibition

George Catlin

Creation Date: 1832
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 1/8 x 14 3/8 in. (28.4 x 36.5 cm)

Object #: 4430
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=4430
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1985.66.372
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