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[CATLIN, George (1796-1872)]. Catalogue of Catlin’s Indian Gallery of Portraits, Landscapes, Manners and Customs, Costumes…Collected During Seven Years’ Travel, Amongst Thirty-Eight Different Tribes, Speaking Different Languages. New York: Piercy & Reed, 1837. 12pp. (of 36), 8vo (184 x 114 mm). (Spotting). -- [With:] a 1pp. extract from a 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate issue, regarding the “Memorial of George Catlin, Praying Congress to purchase his collection of Indian portraits and curiosities”. Catlin was an American painter, author, and traveler known for his significant contributions to the documentation of Native American cultures in the 19th century. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Catlin is best remembered for his extensive travels across the American West between 1830 and 1836, where he lived among and painted portraits of various Native American tribes. His artworks provide a valuable and often sympathetic insight into the diverse indigenous cultures, traditions, and ceremonies of the time. Catlin’s dedication to preserving the vanishing way of life of Native Americans led him to propose the establishment of a national park to protect their land and culture, an idea that anticipated the later conservation movement. His extensive collection of paintings, artifacts, and writings is now housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.