The image shows three individuals standing in a row. The person on the left holds a spear upright in their right hand, has long dark hair adorned with feathers, and wears a decorated garment. The central figure wears a headdress with feathers, a fringed tunic with circular decorations, and moccasins while holding a bow and arrows. The person on the right stands with their body slightly turned to the side, hands folded in front, dressed in a lengthy garment with a patterned shawl and their hair tied back. The background features a soft, cloudy sky with faint imagery of distant mountains and…
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A Crow Chief, a Warrior, and His Wife

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1855/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 47 x 62 cm (18 1/2 x 24 7/16 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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