Bird's-eye View of the Mandan Village, 1800 Miles above St. Louis, George Catlin

Bird's-eye View of the Mandan Village, 1800 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1837–1839
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 61.2 × 73.6 cm
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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Village Building Bird's-eye view View from above Hut Palissade Post Skull Horn Native American Figure Crowd Everyday life Horse Animal Dog Smoke Plain Hill Mountain River Water Sky Cloud Landscape Brown Mandan

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