Sioux (Three Men)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: three male warriors
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.7
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 7. / Sioux"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "23 25 24"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15757
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sioux (Woman, Two Children, and Three Men)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: three adult males, one female and two boys
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.5
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 5. / Sioux"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "19 16 17 18"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15755
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Iowa (Three Men)
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: three males
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.2
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 2. / Iowa"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "8 6 7"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15754
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Approaching Buffalo (With Self Portrait)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: Catlin and a Sioux, camoflaged in wolf-skins, crawl through the grass toward a group of buffalo staring curiously and suspiciously at them, while Catlin clearly makes sketches in a book
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.140
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 140. / Approaching Buffalos. (the Author)"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15753
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Silas Pratt (R-50) with a Vignette Scene of the Massacre at Cherry Valley, New York, 1778
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, graphite, and green and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. ( 29.5 x 36.5 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.231
Marks:
inscriptions: center bottom: Rufus A. Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1892
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower center below horn in black ink: "Rufus A Grider Canajoharie N.Y. 1892"; inscribed at lower right: The SILAS PRATT…," followed by a brief history of the horn; inscribed at right of vignette scene: "The Killing of Mr ROBERT WELLS & his daughter…"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
15752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: John McGraw (R-48), with a Vignette View of the Middle Fort, Schoharie County, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 13 9/16 in. ( 24.4 x 34.4 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.229
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider/ 1889
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider July 25 1887."; inscribed at lower left: "The JOHN Mc GRAW…," followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right: "View from the N.E. of the MIDDLE FORT..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
15751
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Samuel Campbell (R-46), with Carving Unfurled, and a Vignette View of Cherry Valley, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1888
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. ( 28.3 x 32.7 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.227
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom center: Rufus A. Grider/ July 23d 1888
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at center below horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider / July 23d. 1888."; inscribed at lower center: "The COL. SAML. CAMPBELL", followed by a brief history of the horn; at lower right below landscape vignette in black ink: "A view of CHERRY VALLEY in 1835…"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
15750
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Artist Feasted by Mah-to-toh-pa (Mandan)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography/self-portrait. Studies of Native Americans: the chief prepares a pipe while Catlin carves buffalo ribs in a bowl; Catlin wrote "No American Indians eats with his invited guest, but sits by to wait upon him, and to charge the pipe for a 'good smoke' after the feast". An iron pot hangs on a tripod of branches over a fire while women, children and a dog watch the feast from the background
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.125
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 125. / The Author feasted by Mah-to-toh-pa. (Mandan)"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15749
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sioux Village
Classification:
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: a scene of a wigwag tent village with people, dogs, horses and several stretched drying skins, as well as Y-shaped drying poles used to preserve meats and fish visible in the background
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.120
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 120. / Sioux Village"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15748
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sioux (Child, Woman, Infant, and Three Men)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/8 x 24 1/8 in. ( 46.7 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: three males, one female with an infant, and one child
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
Object Number:
1872.23.9
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin"; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 9. / Sioux"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "29 32 30 31"
Provenance:
The artist's collection; Francis Putnam Catlin, the artist's brother, serving as agent to George Henry Moore, acting on behalf of N-YHS
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1868
eMuseum Object ID:
15746
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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