Art, literature & historyWi-Jun-Jon - The Pigeon's Egg Head Going to Washington: Returning to his Home
1837/39
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Hand-colored lithograph in black and brown, with opaque white watercolor and selective glazing, on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 44.2 × 30.4 cm (17 7/16 × 12 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2022.1758
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Wi-Jun-Jon - The Pigeon's Egg Head Going to Washington: Returning to his Home — George Catlin. 1837/39.
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph in black and brown, with opaque white watercolor and selective glazing, on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Sheet: 44.2 × 30.4 cm (17 7/16 × 12 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.