Art, literature & history
Omaha Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior
1861
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on card mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- overall: 45.1 x 60 cm (17 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1965.16.313
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
George Catlin. Omaha Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Omaha Chief, His Wife, and a Warrior — George Catlin. 1861.
Medium: oil on card mounted on paperboard.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 45.1 x 60 cm (17 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1965.16.313. 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.