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Wa-kon-chásh-kaw, He Who Comes on the Thunder

George Catlin · 1828

George Catlin: American, 1796 - 1872

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Wa-kon-chásh-kaw, He Who Comes on the Thunder

1828

oil on canvas

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Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 1/2 x 14 in. (47.0 x 35.7 cm)
Collection no.
1985.66.211
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George Catlin. Wa-kon-chásh-kaw, He Who Comes on the Thunder. George Catlin; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Supplied museum label (unverified): Smithsonian American Art Museum Supplied country label (unverified): United States

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George Catlin. Wa-kon-chásh-kaw, He Who Comes on the Thunder. George Catlin; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.