Assiniboin Woman and Child

George Catlin, Assiniboin Woman and Child, 1832, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.181
Copied George Catlin, Assiniboin Woman and Child, 1832, oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.181
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Artwork Details

Title
Assiniboin Woman and Child
Artist
Date
1832
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 60.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian — Assiniboin
  • Figure group — female and child
Object Number
1985.66.181
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.181

Artwork Description

“The women of this tribe are often comely, and sometimes pretty; [here is] a fair illustration of the dresses of the women and children, which are usually made of the skins of the mountain-goat, and ornamented with porcupine's quills and rows of elk's teeth.” George Catlin painted Assiniboine Woman and Child at Fort Union in the upper Midwest in 1832. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 1, no. 8, 1841; reprint 1973)