Mah-kée-mee-teuv, Grizzly Bear, Chief of the Tribe, George Catlin

Mah-kée-mee-teuv, Grizzly Bear, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin (American) (1796-1872)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1831
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 53.8 × 40.9 cm
Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC0

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