George Catlin and His Indian Gallery

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Where was George Catlin born?

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

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What was George Catlin's artistic claim?

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To visit every nation of Indians on the Continent of North America and paint them.

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What was significant about George Catlin's Indian Gallery?

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It was one of the wonders of the nineteenth century, staggering in its ambition and scope.

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What did George Catlin do in 1830?

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He made his initial pilgrimage to St. Louis to meet William Clark and learn about the western lands.

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What was the Indian Removal Act?

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A twelve-year action that removed the remaining Indians from land east of the Mississippi.

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What happened to the Mandan tribe?

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They were decimated by smallpox within a few years of Catlin's travels.

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What was George Catlin's first career?

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A Philadelphia lawyer.

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How many miles did Catlin travel up the Missouri River in 1832?

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More than 1800 miles.

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How many portraits, scenes, and landscapes did Catlin paint by the end of the 1830s?

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More than 500.

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Where did Catlin exhibit his Indian Gallery in 1839?

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In London, and eventually Paris and Brussels.