An Old Nayas Indian, His Granddaughter, and a Boy — George Catlin | DiscoverArt

An Old Nayas Indian, His Granddaughter, and a Boy

1855/1869

oil on card mounted on paperboard

47.5 × 64 cm (18.7 × 25.2 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. — check current display status with the museum.

View at nga.gov ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by George Catlin

See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man

See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man

Boy Chief - Ojibbeway

Boy Chief - Ojibbeway

Grand Lavoir, Pampa del Sacramento

Grand Lavoir, Pampa del Sacramento

View of "Pike's Tent"

View of "Pike's Tent"

A Connibo Village

A Connibo Village

Ignis Fatuus, Rio Uruguay

Ignis Fatuus, Rio Uruguay

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux

After the Buffalo Chase - Sioux

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas

The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas

More like this

Pehriska-Ruhpa

Paul Legrand — Pehriska-Ruhpa

Osages: A Small Savage Tribe from North America, in the State of Missouri

Louis Léopold Boilly|Delpech — Osages: A Small Savage Tribe

Hunter and Indian Guide

C. L. Woodhouse (American) — Hunter and Indian Guide

This Was a Fatal Embarkation

Frederic Remington — This Was a Fatal Embarkation

No-Tin (Wind), a Chippewa Chief

Henry Inman — No-Tin (Wind), a Chippewa Chief

Jicarilla Apache Brave and Squaw, lately wedded. Abiquiu Agency, New Mexico

Timothy O'Sullivan — Jicarilla Apache Brave and Squaw, latel

Hunting the Buffalo

E. C. Biddle (American) — Hunting the Buffalo

Chief Gall, Hunkpapa Sioux, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter — Chief Gall, Hunkpapa Sioux, from the Americ

Soldiers under a Tree

Gustave Doré — Soldiers under a Tree

Self-Portrait

Henderson Ledger Artist A — Self-Portrait

Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man with Headdress)

Unknown Maker — Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man with Headdr

Ball Playing among the Sioux Indians

Seth Eastman — Ball Playing among the Sioux Indians