Illustrations: "Of the Bird Clan" and "Of the Raccoon Clan"
Jeannie BarbourJeannie Barbour discusses two of her most famous works, "Of the Raccoon Clan" and "Of the Bird Clan." Based on Thomas Lawrence's "Pinky" and Thomas Gainsborough's "The Blue Boy," two iconic works that hang opposite one another at The Huntington in San Marino, California, these works depict the same era but instead feature Chickasaw children.
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