Louise Catlin Kinney letter, with her sisters, to the President and faculty of the University of California : Washington, D.C. : ALS, 1874 Feb. 10.

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Louise Catlin Kinney letter, with her sisters, to the President and faculty of the University of California : Washington, D.C. : ALS, 1874 Feb. 10.

Urging support in efforts to get Congress to purchase the collection of Indian paintings by their father, George Catlin; and also signed by Elizabeth W. and Clara G. Catlin.

2 p. ; 25 cm.

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Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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George Catlin, artist and author, was known especially for his paintings of Indians. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he practiced law until his talent for painting led him to join a group of artists in Philadelphia in 1823. Catlin concentrated on portrait painting in Washington, D.C., until 1829, when he saw a delegation of visiting American Indians in Philadelphia. He then resolved to devote his life to preserving the appearance and character of the vanishing Indians and for forty-two yea...

Kinney, Louise Catlin.

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California. University.

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Catlin, Clara G.

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Catlin, Elizabeth Wing, 1837-

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