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Indians Hunting the Bison
Artist/Maker
Karl Bodmer
(Switzerland, 1809 - 1893)
Date1839
MediumHand-colored Aquatint and Etching on Paper; stipple
Dimensionssight: 14 3/4 × 18 1/4 in. (37.5 × 46.4 cm)
frame: 23 1/8 × 26 7/8 in. (58.7 × 68.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineThe Pierce Collection from Roy Pierce and Winnifred Poland Pierce, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
Object numberW2001.167.003
DescriptionPlate #31 from "Travels in the Interior of North America." Mounted American Indians, the central figure with bow and arrow, within a herd of bison in a barren, hilly landscape. Second state.Status
Not on viewCharles M. Russell
Titian Ramsay Peale
Published 1830 and 1832