Smithsonian American Art Museum
Háh-nee, The Beaver, a Warrior
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1834
George Catlin described the Beaver as “a warrior of terrible aspect, and also of considerable distinction.” Catlin painted this image at a Comanche village in 1834. (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 42, 1841; reprint 1973)
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