Grouse Shooting on the Missouri Prairies

George Catlin, Grouse Shooting on the Missouri Prairies, 1837-1839, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.426
Copied George Catlin, Grouse Shooting on the Missouri Prairies, 1837-1839, 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., 1985.66.426
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Artwork Details

Title
Grouse Shooting on the Missouri Prairies
Artist
Date
1837-1839
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 — Missouri
  • Animal — bird — grouse
  • Figure group — male
  • Occupation — hunter
  • Indian
  • Western
  • Landscape — plain
Object Number
1985.66.426
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1985.66.426

Artwork Description

“In these delightful amusements, and with these pleasing companions, I have been for a while participating with great satisfaction; I have joined several times in the deer-hunts, and more frequently in grouse shooting . . .” The painting must have been a last-minute attempt by George Catlin to add variety to the Upper Missouri hunting scenes. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 33, 1841, reprint 1973; Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)