The image shows three individuals standing side by side, facing forward. The person on the left has long dark hair with feathers and beads, wearing an orange cloak. The middle figure wears a feathered headdress, a white fringed garment with red accents. The person on the right also has long hair with feather adornments, wearing a light-colored garment with patterns and a sash. They hold a curved pipe and two arrows. The background displays lush greenery, a possible waterfall or river, under a cloudy blue sky. The scene is framed in an oval border against a grey-beige outer mat.
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Seneca Chief, Red Jacket, with Two Warriors

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 47.6 x 63.3 cm (18 3/4 x 24 15/16 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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