There is a group of five people in the image. In the center, a person stands holding a gun with elaborate facial paint and feathers in their hair, wearing a fringed tunic and moccasins. To their left, another individual sits in a cloak and feathered headdress. A woman on the left holds a baby, and two figures are seated on the right. The background shows a softly painted outdoor scene with a pale sky. The image is framed in an oval matte within a rectangular border.
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Osceola and Four Seminolee Indians

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.5 x 62.8 cm (18 5/16 x 24 3/4 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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