Art, literature & history
Boy Chief - Ojibbeway
1843
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 71 x 58.3 cm (27 15/16 x 22 15/16 in.) framed: 80 x 67.6 cm (31 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1965.16.349
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
George Catlin. Boy Chief - Ojibbeway. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Boy Chief - Ojibbeway — George Catlin. 1843.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 71 x 58.3 cm (27 15/16 x 22 15/16 in.) framed: 80 x 67.6 cm (31 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1965.16.349. Paul Mellon Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.