# Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon

- By: George Catlin (American, 1796 - 1872)
- Date: 1854/1869
- Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 41 x 57 cm (16 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Paul Mellon Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50659.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/df334909-fd7f-414a-8f73-a31754cb6f9f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)