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The Buffalo
The Buffalo

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
Keyword
Inscribedupper left: "Maffa. Mag. No IV. Vol. IV." center bottom: "The Buffalo"
On View
Not on view
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.
Three bison images
Artist Unknown
Il Bissonte
Artist Unknown
c. 1815
European Bison
Artist Unknown
1801
Der Bison
Artist Unknown
An Artist on the Plains
Artist Unknown
1874
Silent Night
Douglas Allen
1992
Buffalo Trap
Artist Unknown
1795
The American Bison
Artist Unknown
c. mid 19th Century