Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri, George Catlin

Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1837–1839
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50.9 × 69.4 cm
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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