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Indian Family Alarmed at the Approach of a Prairie Fire
George Catlin
1846-1848
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C., United States
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Title:
Indian Family Alarmed at the Approach of a Prairie Fire
Creator:
George Catlin
, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872
Date Created:
1846-1848
Physical Dimensions:
20 x 27 3/8 in. (50.8 x 69.4 cm)
Subject Keywords:
Western, Landscapes, Ethnicity, Disasters, Architecture, Fire, Domestic, Figure group, Family, Teepee, Plains
Original Source:
See this work of art on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website
Medium:
oil on canvas
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