George CatlinAmerican, 1796–1872Mr. Fred H. Robertson
May one see it?
Unknown
Where is “Mr. Fred H. Robertson” now? Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Unknown.
Washington, D.C., United States
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1992.60
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
Meanwhile, in the life of George Catlin
The whole life1823
Studies art in Philadelphia
Turning to portrait painting, he begins studying art in Philadelphia and becomes known as a portraitist.
1824
Meets a delegation of Native chiefs
In Philadelphia he meets a delegation of fifteen chiefs from the western frontier; after this meeting he resolves to paint only portraits of Native Americans and to preserve a record of their customs and people.
1825
Erie Canal lithographs in Colden’s Memoir
His first known works were sketches from nature along the Erie Canal; lithographs of several appeared in Cadwallader D. Colden’s 1825 Memoir, one of the first printed books to use lithography, with early images of Buffalo.
