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The Buffalo

Artist/Maker Artist Unknown
Date1857
Mediumengraving
Dimensionsimage: 4 1/2 × 6 1/8 in. (11.4 × 15.6 cm) frame: 13 1/2 × 17 5/8 in. (34.3 × 44.8 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1989.051
ClassificationsPrint
Inscribedupper left: "Maffa. Mag. No IV. Vol. IV." center bottom: "The Buffalo"
DescriptionEngraving of a large bison tied to a tree trunk. The bison faces the right and turns his head to look out at the viewer.
On View
Not on view
Three bison images
Artist Unknown
European Bison
Artist Unknown
1801
Il Bissonte
Artist Unknown
c. 1815
Der Bison
Artist Unknown
An Artist on the Plains
Artist Unknown
1874
Buffalo Trap
Artist Unknown
1795
The American Bison
Artist Unknown
c. mid 19th Century