Luce Foundation Center for American Art
Painting: George Catlin: A Seminole Woman
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A Seminole Woman 1838 George Catlin oil on canvas 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. 1985.66.307  
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George Catlin arrived at Fort Moultrie, in Charleston, South Carolina, on January 17, 1838. He painted more than ten portraits of Seminole and Yuchi Indians, including this Seminole woman, in the short time he spent at the fort. (Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979) |
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