# Father Hennepin Leaving the Mississippi to Join La Salle. May 8, 1680

- By: George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)
- Date: 1847/1848
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 37.8 x 56.4 cm (14 7/8 x 22 3/16 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Paul Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50638.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/adc53042-a6c8-4e13-aa04-e06eee194f50/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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