Collection Highlights
Receipted bill, John Vernon to Benjamin White
Date:
1794
Object Number:
MSS.3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Osage (Woman, Infant, and Three Men): Plate 52
Object Number:
1872.23.52
Date:
1866-68
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 x 24 1/8 in. (46.4 x 61.3 cm)
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. 52. / Osage"; at lower border outside image in black ink: "159 158 160 161"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: three males, one female and one infant
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.
