Indian Scalping an Enemy

George Catlin (American, 1796–1872)

1817–72

Medium/Technique Graphite on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 16.1 x 22.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number61.345

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (1962) cat. 119

DescriptionIndian with foot on chest of dead man, cutting off his scalp. Group of Indians in ambush right. Verso: rubbed with graphite for transfer.

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961