Colonial Arkansas Before the Louisiana Purchase: 1541-1803

About the exhibition

Colonial Arkansas Before the Louisiana Purchase: 1541-1803 was presented at Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock in 2003. The documented paintings include La Salle Taking Possession of the Land at the Mouth of the Arkansas. March 10, 1682 by George Catlin, dated 1847/1848 and executed in oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art records this painting’s participation in its collection history. This selected checklist is partial; other exhibited works and exact opening and closing days have not been reconciled.

Also recorded as: Colonial Arkansas Before the Louisiana Purchase: 1541-1803, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock