View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas

George Catlin, View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas, 1834-1835, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.345
Copied George Catlin, View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas, 1834-1835, oil on canvas, 19 5⁄8 x 27 1⁄2 in. (49.7 x 70.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.345
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Artwork Details

Title
View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas
Artist
Date
1834-1835
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
19 5⁄8 x 27 1⁄2 in. (49.7 x 70.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — Texas
  • Landscape — river — Red River
  • Landscape — river — False Wicheta
  • Western
Object Number
1985.66.345
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.345

Artwork Description

“We are, at this place, on the banks of the Red River, having Texas under our eye on the opposite bank. Our encampment is on the point of land between the Red and False Washita rivers, at their junction; and the country about us is a panorama . . . of prairie and timber, alternating in the most delightful shapes and proportions that the eye of a connoisseur could desire. The verdure is everywhere of the deepest green.” George Catlin sketched this landscape in 1834, when he accompanied a regiment of the U.S. Dragoons to Indian Territory. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 39, 1841; reprint 1973)