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Chasse aux Bisons (d'Amerique)
Chasse aux Bisons (d'Amerique)

Chasse aux Bisons (d'Amerique)

Artist/Maker Francois Grenier France, 1793 - 1867
Datec. 1860
MediumColored Lithograph
Dimensions33 × 40 in. (83.8 × 101.6 cm) image: 15 5/8 × 24 in. (39.7 × 61 cm)
Credit LineThe Pierce Collection from Roy Pierce and Winnifred Poland Pierce, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2001.167.001
ClassificationsPrint
On View
Not on view
DescriptionInscribed on label: In this dramatic incident of life on the plains, a buffalo bull charges a downed vaquero as other men try to divert the bull by roping his horns with lariats. To the rear, two other riders pursue the stampeding herd.
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