The image depicts a scene from an elevated perspective. A row of leaning palm trees forms the horizon just above the center of the image. Below, multiple people and animals are gathered on a grassy area, with a simple thatched roof structure visible in the distance. The background is filled with swaying palm trees against the sky. The painting employs soft brushstrokes and a color palette dominated by pale blues for the sky and soft greens and earth tones for the landscape and figures.
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A Small Tobos Village

George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)

1854/1869

Medium
oil on card mounted on paperboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.5 x 62.6 cm (18 5/16 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
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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