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Herds of Bisons and Elks on the Upper Missouri

Artist/Maker Karl Bodmer Switzerland, 1809 - 1893
Datec. 1837
MediumBlack and white aquatint; etching
Dimensionsimage: 14 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (36.2 × 41.3 cm) frame: 22 × 26 1/2 in. (55.9 × 67.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Pierce Collection from Roy Pierce and Winnifred Poland Pierce, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2001.167.018
ClassificationsPrint
DescriptionA herd of buffalo lower right descending from mountains upper center, and a herd of elk center left - uncolored. They move towards a lake set in between the mountains.
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