The Bear Dance, plate 18 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"

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Photo by John Bentham.
The Bear Dance, plate 18 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, 1796 – 1872)
Publisher (American)
Date1845
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 13 5/8 × 18 5/8 in. (34.6 × 47.3 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 22 1/8 in. (39.4 × 56.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.121
Not on view
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Alternate Titles North American Indian Portfolio
Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by gift of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Inscribed "Catlin. del:" at lower left in typeset; "No. 18./ THE BEAR DANCE. / Published at James Ackerman's Lithographic Rooms, 304 Broadway, N.Y." at lower center in typeset; "IXUS" on verso at left center in pencil; "HC 117" on verso at lower left in pencil.
Photo by John Bentham.
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George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.122
Photo by John Bentham.
Ball-play Dance, plate 22 from "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.124
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Dance, plate 8 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.111
Photo by John Bentham.
The Snow-Shoe Dance, plate 14 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.117
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Hunt, Chase, plate 5 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.109
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Hunt, Under the White Wolf Skin, plate 13 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.116
Photo by John Bentham.
Archery of the Mandans, plate 24 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.126
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Hunt, Surround, plate 9 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.112
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Hunt, White Wolves Attacking a Buffalo Bull, plate 10 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.113
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Hunt, Approaching in a Ravine, plate 11 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.114
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Hunt, Chasing Back, plate 12 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.115
Photo by John Bentham.
Buffalo Hunt, On Snow Shoes, plate 15 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.118