“An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is soft and comfortable.”

About George Catlin

Artist • American

George Catlin was a prominent American painter, author, and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Driven by a desire to record the customs and appearance of Native American tribes,...