View in the "Cross Timbers," Texas

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Object Details

Artist

George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872

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George Catlin traveled widely throughout the frontier, but never crossed into Texas, as the title of this painting implies. “Cross Timbers” probably refers to a location in Comanche Territory, where the artist journeyed in 1834. The conformation of the bald hills resembles Catlin's earlier views of the Upper Missouri, and the painting is of the same small size as the other landscapes in that series. (Truettner, The Natural Man Observed, 1979)

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

Date

1832 or 1834-1835

Object number

1985.66.362

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

11 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. (28.5 x 36.5 cm)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Landscape\river

Western

Landscape\Texas\Cross Timbers

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7622c1d7f-f3ae-45c3-806a-a090010069aa

Record ID

saam_1985.66.362