Art, literature & history
Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon
1854/1869
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on card mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 41 x 57 cm (16 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1965.16.351
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
George Catlin. Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon — George Catlin. 1854/1869.
Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 41 x 57 cm (16 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1965.16.351. 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.