This painting shows two individuals standing side by side. The person on the left wears a long, quilted coat and pants, with short, dark hair and a feathered stuff. The individual on the right holds a long rifle, wearing fringed attire including a tunic, belt, leggings, and moccasins. Both people have light brown skin and dark hair styled with feathered headbands. The background includes flat green grass and a blue-gray sky. The painting is framed in a black oval border, beyond which is a tan border and then a pale-blue border.
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Two Cherokee Chiefs

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1861/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.2 x 62.9 cm (18 3/16 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

View at the National Gallery of Art