Skip to main contentDescriptionHerds of bison stand on the bank of the missouri. The sun sets in the background, glowing yellow at the base of the light blue sky.
Herd of Bisons on the Upper Missouri
Artist/Maker
Karl Bodmer
Switzerland, 1809 - 1893
Datec. 1839
MediumHand colored aquatint; etching; roulette
Dimensionsimage: 10 × 12 5/8 in. (25.4 × 32.1 cm)
frame: 26 3/4 × 25 1/2 in. (67.9 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1992.004
ClassificationsPrint
On View
Not on view