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George Catlin's Indians

Paula Petrik, Professor of History and Art History, George Mason University

Assignment

Questions

1. Examine the left side of the painting carefully and answer the following:
1. What is The Light holding in his left hand?
2. What is he wearing?
3. What is in the background?
4. How would you describe The Light's stance?
2. Examine the right side of the painting and answer the following:
1. What is The Light holding in his left hand?
2. What is The Light holding in his right hand?
3. What is in his pockets?
4. What is in the background?
5. What other additions has the artist made?
6. How would you describe The Light's stance?
3. What is the overall impression created by the two versions of the portrait?

Last Updated | April 2004

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History 120 is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, with funding from the College of Arts and Sciences and Technology Across the Curriculum, George Mason University.