Letter: to My Dear Sir /by George Catlin, 1841 Sep 12.

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Letter: to My Dear Sir /by George Catlin, 1841 Sep 12.

1841

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3173949

On the difficulties of preparing his book for the press.

2 p.; 19 cm.

eng, Latn

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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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...