Smithsonian American Art Museum
Deer Hunting by Torchlight in Bark Canoes
George Catlin, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1796-died Jersey City, NJ 1872 · 1846-1848
George Catlin looked back nostalgically on his western adventures years after his final journey to the frontier. “In these delightful amusements,” he wrote, “and with these pleasing companions, I have been for a while participating with great satisfaction; I have joined several times in the deer-hunts . . .” (Catlin, Letters and Notes, vol. 2, no. 33, 1841; reprint 1973)
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