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Painting of mounted riders chasing animals across a dry plain, with fallen animals in the foreground and trees at left under a hazy sky.

Mounted Party Scouring a Thicket

Riders on horseback gallop across a dry, open plain while several animals lie fallen and tangled in the foreground. A line of trees and a distant thicket sit at left beneath a pale, hazy sky, in a loose, sketchy oil painting.

Artist
George Catlin
Date
1846-1848
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2560 × 1846 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1848).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum