# La Salle Crossing Lake Michigan on the Ice. December 8, 1681

- 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.50639.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/b1e33753-daea-4b01-b160-55fe1813fa0b/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)