This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Early Painters of the American Indian
ELMO SCOTT WATSON surveys pioneers who painted American Indian life, from Catlin and Stanley to Bodmer and Cary. He notes their journeys, dangers, and the preservation of their work in the Smithsonian after fires, plus other artists who chronicled tribes, forts, and frontier scenes for art and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Tielens
Wwe
Geere
Carlin
Hus
West
United States
Catlin
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
John Mix Stanley
Canadaigua
Detroit
Naples
N. Y
Chicago
Galena
Illinois
Fort Snelling
Minn
Arkansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Cincinnati
Louisville
Stanley
Keokuk
Black Hawk
Santa Fe
General Kearney
San Diego
California
Whitman
San Francisco
New York
Cape Horn
Hawaii
Kamahameha II
Government
Royal Palace
Honolagla
St Paul
Puget Sound
Congress
Carl Bodmer
Prince Maximilian of
Bodmer
Plains
Missouri
New York City
William de la Montagne Cary
Missouri River
St. Louis
Lsted
Seth Eastman
United States Military Academy
West Point
Carl Wimar
F. C. G. Darley
George DeForest Brush
America
Union