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George Catlin was an American lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the American frontier. Traveling to the American West five times during the 1830s, Catlin wrote about and painted portraits that depicted the life of the Plains Indians. His early work included engravings, drawn from nature, of sites along the route of the Erie Canal in New York…

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culture · American painter and adventurer (1796–1872) · painter · artist · lawyer · writer · ethnologist · traveler · also George Catlin, G. Catlin, Geo. Catlin, George Caitlin, George Bruce Catlin, Catlin

Born 1 January 1794 · Died 23 December 1872 · Q455133

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2026· 1 entry

May 5, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Artnet news: George Catlin

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2023· 1 entry

Sep 17, 2023Documented record69% confidence

insider.si.edu: George Catlin papers

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2019· 1 entry

Oct 10, 2019Documented record69% confidence

insider.si.edu: Picturing the American Buffalo: George Catlin and Modern Native American Artists

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2014· 1 entry

Jan 30, 2014Documented record69% confidence

City Journal: George Catlin, Artist-Adventurer

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2002· 3 entries

Nov 30, 2002Documented record69% confidence

Smithsonian Magazine: George Catlin’s Obsession

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Washington City Paper: George Catlin and His Indian Gallery

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Sep 14, 2002Documented record75% confidence

The Washington Post: George Catlin's Indian Empire

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1879· 1 entry

1879Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Harrison's widow donated his original Indian Gallery, more than 500 works, along with related artifacts, to the Smithsonian

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1872· 3 entries

Dec 23, 1872Documented record86% confidence

Died 1872-12-23.

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Dec 23, 1872Documented record66% confidence

Aged 76 years in Jersey City, New Jersey

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Catlin traveled to Washington, D

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1871· 1 entry

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After an absence of more than three decades, Catlin returned to the United States and likely brought back the painting with him

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1852· 1 entry

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Was forced to sell the original Indian Gallery, now 607 paintings, due to personal debts

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1848· 1 entry

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Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe

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1845· 1 entry

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And eventually lived in some obscurity in Ostend

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1841· 1 entry

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Catlin published Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, in two volumes, with approximately 300 engravings

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1839· 1 entry

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Catlin took his collection across the Atlantic for a tour of European capitals

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1838· 1 entry

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Assembled the paintings and numerous artifacts into his Indian Gallery, and began delivering public lectures that drew on his personal recollections of life among the American Indians

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1830· 1 entry

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When he accompanied Governor William Clark on a diplomatic mission up the Mississippi River into Native American territory

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1828· 1 entry

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George Catlin met Clara Bartlett Gregory in 1828 in her hometown of Albany, New York.

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1825· 1 entry

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With early images of the City of Buffalo

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1823· 1 entry

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Studied art in Philadelphia and became known for his work as a portraitist

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1819· 1 entry

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And practiced law for two years before giving it up to travel and study art

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1794· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1794Documented record86% confidence

Born 1794-01-01.

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