Museum Collections
Luce Center
Prairie Dog Village
Object Number:
1872.23.189
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 )
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. 189. / Pairie Dog Village"
Description:
Ethnography. Studies of Native Americans: Catlin's view of a prairie dog 'village', an area of the plains marked by hundreds of small mounds studded with the burrows of the rodent called the prairie dog- a close relative of the marmot and ground squirrel
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.