Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Ojibbeway (The Chief Maun-gua-daus Surrounded by Six Men, One Woman, Three Children, and Infant)
Object Number:
1872.23.61
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 )
Inscriptions:
Signed at right inside image in black ink: "Geo. Catlin."; inscribed at upper center outside image in black ink over graphite: "Pl. 61. / Ojibbeway"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "204 203. 198 199 200 201 202 / 204 205 208. 209. 206"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: this group visited London and Paris in 1845- the chief is 'Maun-gua-daus' and he is surrounded by six adult males, one woman with an infant and three boys
Credit Line:
Purchased by the Society
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
