Skip to main contentDescriptionPlate #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.
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)
Credit LineThe Pierce Collection from Roy Pierce and Winnifred Poland Pierce, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2001.167.003
ClassificationsPrint
On View
Not on viewCharles M. Russell