The image shows an elevated viewpoint of a scene with a Native American rider on horseback chasing a buffalo. The background features more buffalo and riders across grasslands under a blue sky with white clouds. The color palette is dominated by earthy tones.
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Buffalo Chase, Sioux Indians, Upper Missouri

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.9 x 62.5 cm (18 7/16 x 24 5/8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Paul Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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