Old Menominee chief with two young beaux

Catlin, George (1796-1872)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1861-1869
Height:
47.2 cm  (18 9/16 in.)
Width:
62.1 cm  (24 7/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on card mounted on paperboard

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Paul Mellon Collection[Museum inv. no.: 1965.16.99]

Description

Man playing an end-blown flute. The chief, seated on the left, holds a long smoking pipe.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

End-blown flute [3940]

RIdIM images


Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Image URLs

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